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AND HOW TO EEACH THEM. 



POPULAR RESORTS, 



AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 



COMBINING A BKIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE 



PRINCIPAL SUMMER RETREATS IN THE UNITED STATES, 



ROUTES OF TRAVEL LEADING TO THEM. 



BY 

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JOHN B. BACHELDER, 

AirrnoB of "The Illubtkated TomiisTS' Guide," " GETTYSBtnjG, What to see, a>t) now 

TO BEK IT," "The Isometeicai^ Drawing of the Gettysuuko Battlefield," 

" Descriptive Key to tue Painting of Longsteeet's assattlt at 

GETTYSurrEQ," Designee of the Histobioal Paintings 

OF TiiE Battle op Gettysbueo, Last 

HOtTES of LINOOLN. &C. 



BY THE BEST ENGEAVERS, 
UANY OF THEM FROM ORIGINAL SKETCHES BY JOHN B. BAOHKLDEB. 






BOSTON : 

JOHN B. BACHELDER, PUBLISHER. 
41-45 Franklin Street 

(At Lee & Shepard's.) 

1874. 



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Ennered. accrrdintj to Act of Congress, in the year 1874. by 

John B. Bachelder, 
Ib the Office of the Librarian of Congresp. at Wa^hin^too 



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PREFACE. 



To know Itow to travel is a matter of great importance to the 
tourist. Many persons pass unheeded by the picturesque beauties of a 
pleasant route, expecting to find the combined pleasures, which others 
have described, awaiting them at the end of their journey. In some 
instances where the points visited are places of celebrity, and the 
route of approach lies through an uninteresting region, like many of 
our ocean watering-places, this is the case. In others, as much 
pleasure may be derived en route as can be expected on our arrival. 
Tills is particularly true of mountain travel, where every turn opens 
up new and interesting scenes. 

Where a single excursion is to be made for the season, it is a matter 
of importance for tlie tourist to select a route of travel, the pecul- 
iarities of which are congenial to his tastes. Public resorts, which may 
furnish abundant sources of pleasure to one person, frequently present 
little of interest to another. While one would be satisfied witli a 
single day at the sea-shore, another would never tire of watching the 
waves break upon a rock-bound coast. The rugged grandeur of the 
mountain rocks, and deepening mystery of the glens, which to many 
prove sources of great delight, for others have no attractions. Hence 
the importance of choosing desirable " Popular Resorts, and Routes to 
Reach Them." 

Of all the celebrated watering-places on the coast, or frequented 
mountain-houses, no two are alike, yet each locality possesses an 
individual interest ; and the routes which lead to them have their at- 
tractions, either in the safety and comforts afforded the traveller, or in 
the picturesque beauty of the region through which they pass. It is to 
iay this plainly before the public that these pages are presented. 



PREFACE TO SECOND EDITIOIST. 



The satisfactory reception of the first edition of this work, and the 
universal request of patrons for its continuance, have determined the 
author to publish, annualhj, a volume devoted exclusively to the interests 
of travel, which shall give, not only general information regarding 
"Popular Resorts, and How to Reach Them," thus obviating the neces- 
sity of wading through a large number of local Guide Books, but fur- 
nish a standard medium through which proprietors or agents, who 
represent houses or routes, may describe or illustrate the merits of their 
respective interests. The illustrated -descriptions of this volume have 
been prepared from personal observation, while the " item " notices have 
either been written expressly for it, or compiled from the best published 
accounts. Brief descriptions of other resorts throughout the country, with 
means for reaching them, are solicited for the next edition, the compila- 
tion of which will be commenced immediately on the publication of this. 
Illustrated descriptions, with superior wood-cuts, furnished on appli- 
cation. 

The country abounds in charming retreats, at present unknown to the 
tourist, which may thus be developed and made popular. 

This work does not give time-tables : for these the tourist is recom- 
mended to supply himself with The Traveler's Official Guide, 
before commencing his journey. 

J. B. B. 



CONTENTS. 



Camping Out 

Harboi- and Coastwise Excursions 

North Conway 

Boston and Maine Railroad . 

Cooperstown, N.Y. ; Trenton Falls, 



N.Y, 



; Sti-aw's Point, N.H 



Roclvy Point, R.I. 
Long Branch, N.J. ; Greenwood Lake, N.Y. 

Pennsylvania Scenery — Central Railroad of New Jersey 

Doubling Gap, Wliite Sulpliur Springs, Penn. ; York Springs, 
Penn. ; Mount Holly Springs, Penn. ; Alexamlria Bay, N.Y, 
Thousand Islands; Salem, Mass 

Cape May — West Jersey Railroad 

Atlantic City, N.J. — Camden and Atlantic Railroad 

Bedford Springs, Penn. ; Bellows Falls, Vt. ; Prout's Neck, Me. 
Old Orchard Beach, Me 

Portland, Me. ; Cushing's Island, Me. ; Genesee Falls, N.Y. 
Sharon Springs, N.Y. ; Taghkanic FaUs, N.Y. ; Portsmouth 
N.H.; Frost's Point, N.H 



Burliii^on, and Quincy Railroad 



Western Travel — Chica 

Mount Desert, Me. 

Lynn, Mass. ; Swanipscott, Mass. ; Deer Island, Me. ; Seneca FaUs 
N.Y. • Suspension Bridge, N.Y. ; Casco Bay, Me. 

Sharon Springs, N.Y. ; Tekaharawa Falls, N.Y. ; Howe's Cave 
Little Bear's Head, N.H. ; Stcxiington, R.L; Newburyport 
Mass. ; Plum Island, Mass 

Northern Central Railway 

Isles of Shoals, N.H. ; Narraganset Pier, E.I. ; Marblehead, Mass. 

Lowell Island, Mass. ; Tinker's Island, New London, Conn. 
Ebensburg, Penn. ; Chelsea, Mass. ; Chelsea (Revere) Beach, Mass. 

Hampton, N.H. 

Boston, Concord, and Montreal Railroad .... 

Richfield Springs, N.Y. ; Glen's Falls, N.Y. ; Nahant, Mass. 
Lake George, N.Y.; The "Glen," N.H.; York Beach, Me. 

'Watch Hill Point, R.I 

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Pennsylvania Railroad 125-137 

New York City and Vicinity. Up the Hudson .... 138-139 
Vicinity of New York: Long Island, N.Y. ; New Lebanon 
Springs, NY. ; Columbia Springs, N.Y. ; Lake George, N.Y. . 140 

Excursion through Long Island Sound — Stoningtou Line . 141-142 

City of Boston 143 

Scarborough Beach, Me. ; Rye Beach, N.H. ; Adirondacks, N.Y. ; 

Portage, N.Y 144 

Shelter Island, N.Y 145-150 

Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 151-153 

Niagara Falls, Quebec, &c 153, 154 

Clifton Springs, N.Y 154 

North Mountain House, Penn 155-163 

VmcrNTA Spkcs'gs — Augusta Springs, Bath Alum Springs, Capon 
Springs, Healing Springs, Hot Spi-ings, Jordan Rock Alum 
Spiings, Montgomery White Sulphur Spriugs, Rawley Springs, 
Rockbridge Aluiu Springs, Rockbriilge Baths, Sweet Springs, 
Warm Springs, Yellow Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier White 
Sulphur Springs 164 

Gloucester, Mass. ; llockport, Mass. ; Moosehead Lake, Falls of 
Montmoreuci, Saguenay River 165 

Excursion to Oak Bluffs and Katama 166-176 

Land of the Pilgrims — Old Colony Railroad 177-186 

I^ake Champlain, Plattsburg, N.Y 186 



POPULAR RKSOIITS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 



CAMPING OUT. 

Beyond all question, the most delightful and healthful way to spend 
one's summer vacation is in "camping out," provided the weather is 
reasonably pleasant. A time of storm is gk)omy enough, wha>tever the 
mode chosen for enjoyment. 




CAMPING OUT. 

In "camping out." all the stiff formalities of conventional life are 
put aside. The body is left free for any sort of dress except fashiona- 
ble styles; and the mind is in constant and cheery repose, and there- 
fore able to enjoy life with the keenest zest. Health comes to the inva- 
lid, with its building-up force of a sharp and eager appetite :' and the 
strong feci an electric enei'gy, daily renewed, luiknown in great cities 
and marts of trade. In fact, while the visitor to thronged summer-re- 
sorts often returns home worn and wearied, the sojourner of the camp 
comes back increased in his avoirdupois, his strength, and his sense of 
having: had a " crlorious " vacation. 



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"Camping out" means a sort of woodman's or frontier life. It means 
living in a tent; sleeping on boughs or leaves; cooking your own meals; 
washing your own dishes, and clothes perhaps ; getting up your own 
fuel ; making your own fire ; and foraging for your own provender. It 
means activity, variety, novelty, and i'uii alive ; and the more you have 
of it, the more you like it ; and the longer you stay, the less willing you 
are to give it up. In fact, there is no glory for the summer tourist, to 
compare with the "camping-out " glory. 

For preparation, you will first know where your camp is to be, and 
what it affords for your pleasure. And you will scarcely make your 
party less than three, nor more than five. K the number exceeds five, 
it will be better to pitch two distinct camps at some distance apart, and 
thus have pleasant "neighbors" to visit, and hosi^itable parties to give, 
each to the other. Guns and fishing tackle carefully prepared for use 
will, of course, be required for localities where game and fish abound ; 
and few places would be selected where one or the other, at least, would 
not be accessible. Two grand essentials should be thoughtfully remem- 
bered, • — plenty of dish-cloths, and a good hatchet. A good blanket, 
rough clothes, strong shoes, and a convenient knapsack, are absolute es- 
entials ; but don't bui'den yourself with needless things. In fact, while 
nothing is needed in the way of choice cravats and white kids, there 
should be careful regard to the little things you will need but cannot 
buy in the woods, even to a stout-bladed jack-knife. 

It is impossible, and useless to attempt, to describe particular spots, 
which would tempt a " caniping-out " party to prefer. They are num- 
bered by thousands. If you would have large game on land, and salmon 
in the waters, a location must be chosen in the more wild and rugged re- 
gions of our remote borders ; and in the right season, — say, in early 
May. Should a more quiet and subdued locality be prefeiTed, you may 
push for the mountain sides and slopes of Pennsylvania or of Virginia. 
No more attractive beauties of nature invite the tourists of our land, 
than await those who may seek the elevated portions of " Old Virginny." 

Prince Edward's Island is also unsurpassed in natural charms, in 
healthfulness, in its sources for camping-out pleasures, and the broad 
hospitality of its rural population. In due time, a great summer pil- 
grimage will set towards that garden of the sea. 

Nova Scotia abounds in novelties to our own people, and in its fine 
lakes, filled with the most eager and gamey of trout. 

The solitudes of New Brunswick, so strangely overlooked by travellers 
and writers, possess some of the loveliest as well as the grandest and 
most romantic attractions to be found on any portion of our continent 
This picturesque region also will soon, no doubt, be opened by pleasure 
hunters and the writers of many books. 



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Northern Maine about Moosehead and the Rangeley Lakes, the hills 
and streams of Vei-mont, a great and grand region lying between the 
White Mountains and Canada, a lovely land around the head waters 
of the Connecticut River, not forgetting Mount Desert nor the Adiron- 
dacks, — these are some of the leading areas of our Northerii climate, 
where camping out may bo enjoyed, in all its delicious and inspiring 
fulness. 

This is all that space will permit in this work, for remarks upon "camp- 
ing out." As yet it is only here and there that the camping-out party 
is to be found, in the warm months. The attention of vacation takers 
has not been turned to this best of all modes of seeking one's comfort 
and ease, to the degree required to make it popular and general. But it 
cannot be commended too earnestly, nor pressed too persistently upon 
public notice. It is not absolutely required that the party camping out 
shall locate in a place remote from all civilization. On the contrary, a 
vast number of our more popular summer resorts and towns offer 
most inviting spots for a camp (see cut) to which the belles would 
delight to ramble, and where primitive hospitality can be liberally 
dispensed, even when young bucks of fashion may be compelled to 
act the parts of Bridget the cook, and Mary the maid of all work. 
It is a matter of surprise that this charming way to diversify the 
individual and family trip is not more generally remembered and prac- 
tised. Let the reader, as he decides whither his summer flight shall 
be, ponder well this idea of " Camping Out." 

Harbor and Coastwise Excursions. — One of the most delight- 
ful yet economical sources of summer enjoyment is the harbor excursion. 
From each of our great maritime cities, boats conveniently arranged 
leave daily for some of the most popular resorts. From Washington 
they sail down the Potomac to Mount Vernon ; from Baltimore to the 
beautiful water retreats in the vicinity ; from New York up the North 
and East Rivers, to Staten Island, and Harlem ; from Boston to Nan- 
tasket Beach, Long Island, Gloucester, and Nahant. Indeed, every large 
town with a harbor front has its pleasant resorts ; and the stranger has 
only to look in the daily papers for particulars. 

Again : if the tourist would consult comfort and economy, if he would 
take sleep and rest while passing familiar or uninteresting sections of 
the country, he can frequently give diversity to his travels by an occa- 
sional trip on a coastwise steamer. In going east from Boston, the daily 
steamboat line to Portland, the " Star of the East " up the Kennebeck, 
" Sanford's Independent Line " up the Penobscot, the " Inside Line " 
from Portland to Mount Desert and Bangor, and the Halifax boats, are 
all first-class, and deserving the notice of tourists. The New York boats 
are described elsewhere. 



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POPL'LAU liESORTS. AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 



NORTH CONWAY, N.H. 



When the days begin to lengthen, and the sun runs high in the heavens ; 
when the short nights fail to cool tlie 
heated streets of a dusty city, and man feels 
that he must have respite from the care 
and excitements of business ; when the 
mother rises in the morning unrefreshed. 






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and the children qrow languid for a change ; when, finally, the family 
council decide that a few weeks' vacation must be spent in the country, — 
no place can be found where the cool mountain air blows fresher, 
where the crystal streams flow purer, or where Nature wears a lovelier 
garb, than at Xorlh Conx-af/. Since the early settlement of the country, 
the praises of Conway's rich meadows have been sung. To-day her 
broad-sweeping elms and luxuriant gardens indicate the strength of their 
rich alluvial soil. 

Conway Valley forms the g-reat natural thoroughfare to the White 
^Mountain region, over which Kiarsar(/e — her favorite mountain ^stands 
sentinel. There is no place in New England combining more interesting 
and enjoyable features than North Conway. The means of communica- 
tion, by the "Eastern" and '"Portland and Ogdensburg" Railroads, can- 
not be excelled, in the easy transits or luxuriant comforts they afford. 
The wide-spread popularity of this summer resort attracts thousands of 
visitors here annually; where they readily obtain ample accommodations, 
from the (piiet farm, the pleasant and economical boarding-house, to the 
maanificent summer hotel. 







KIARSARGE HOUSE, 
North Conway- N K. 



"The Kiarsarge" is a new and elegant hotel, built with a special 
regard to the wants of pleasure travel, containing over two hundred 
rooms, and has ample accommodation for three hundred guests. It is 



14 POPULAR RESORTS, ASU HOW TO REACH THEM. 

located in the very heart of the village, commanding one of the grandest 
and most extensive views of mountain scenery to be found in New Eng- 
land. Extending around the hotel is a broad covered piazza, which con- 
nects with a plank walk leading to the depot, affording a fine promenade 
of over one thousand feet. This promenade commands, in one grand 
sweep, the entire White Mountain range, with Mount Washington in the 
centre, showing Tip-Top House plainly in view. Mount Kiarsarge, the 
Mote Mountains, the White Horse, and Humiahrey's Ledges are embraced 
in the scene ; while in the immediate foreground we have the lovely 
"Meadows," which have long been celebrated, with their tall and grace- 
fully sweeping elms, combining one of the finest views in the country. 

The interior of " The Kiarsarge " is fitted up with every modern 
improvement; and the house throughout is furnished with especial refer- 
ence to the comfort and convenience of guests. On the first floor is the 
office, parlor, reception-room, dining-hall, gentlemen's reading-room, bil- 
liard-hall, barbar-shop, and wash-rooms. The rotunda, in the centre of 
the building, is forty feet square, and well lighted, with an entrance fi-om 
the front and rear, affording such perfect ventilation, that in the warmest 
day one is here sure of a cool retreat. The parlor is an elegant room, 
forty by sixty ; and here, during the season, one may listen for six nights 
in the week to the best concert and dancing music. 

The dining-hall is a well-lighted and cheerful room, with a seating 
capacity for three hundred guests, commanding an admirable view of the 
AVhite Mountain groups. 

All the public rooms, including the ladies' parlor, on the second story, 
have been richly frescoed. The house is lighted with gas ; and, to meet 
the increasing autumn patronage, steam has been introduced into the 
entire lower story, thus insuring a uniform temperature for the cool 
days of early autumn. On the second, third, and fourth stories are the 
sleeping-rooms, arranged singly and in suites. They are high, airy, and 
thoroughly ventilated ; and all have bells connecting with the office. 

The beds consist of the best springs and hair mattresses. 

The table, as heretofore, will be supi)lied with all the luxuries of the 
season, and served in the best manner. 

Passengers from Boston oia Portland, over the Eastern, Boston, and 
Maine Railroad, or by boat, will take the cars of the Portland and Ogdens- 
burg Railroad, which connect twice a day with trains from Boston. 

Passengers from New York and the 'West, rid Boston, can connect with 
the above routes ; via Concord, over the Boston, Concord, and Montreal 
Railroad, leave the cars at Weir's, and take the boat across the lake for 
Centre Harbor; and from there stages run to West Ossipee, connecting 
with trains for North Conway. 

This celebrated region has long been famous as a summer resort, but 



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was never more popular than at this time. It is easily reached from all 
points, and is not only a desirable place to remain weeks, or even months, 
but is also the grandest entrance to the \\'hite Mountains. " From no 
other locality can they be approached to so good advantage ; and by no 
other route can so much of interest be seen with so little travel and 
expense." 

Stage and railroad connections are made twice each day with the Craw- 
ford and Fabyan Houses and Mount Washington Railway, and the same 
with the Glen Hous", and carriage-road up Mount Washington. 




MT. KIARSARGE FROM NORTH CONWAY. 

North Conway has an additional advantage, wholly and peculiarly her 
own. She has a mountain, — Mount Kiarsarge, — which forms an admi- 
rable objective point for her visitors. It is only two miles distant, and 
three rnore to its summit; yet the prospect from it combines some of 
the finest panoramic scenery in New England. A small hotel on its 
crest affords refreshments and shelter for those who desire. 

The climate of North Conway is free from mists and fogs ; and with its 
pure air, and dry and invigorating atmosphere, it is one of the most desir- 
able points in the whole AVhite Mountains for those who may be seeking 
health or pleasure. "And then the sunsets of North Conway! Cole- 
ridge asked Mont Blanc if he had -a charm to stay the morning star in 
his steep course.' It is time for some poet to put the question to those 
bewitching elm-sprinkled acres that border the Saco, by what sorcery 
they evoke, evening after evening, upon the heavens that watch them, 
such lavish and Italian bloom. Nay, it is not Italian : for the basis of 



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POPULAR KESORTS, AND HOW TO ItEAC'.I THEM. 



its beauty is pure blue; and the skies of Italy are not nearly so clear as 
those of New England. One sees more clear sky in eight summer weeks 
in Conway, probably, than in the compass of an Italian year." 

North Conway is not only noted for the beauty of its scenery in the 
spring and summer months, but later in the season the bright tints of its 
autumn foliage make it more lovely than ever ; and nowhere can the mag- 
nificence of the autumnal forest scenery of New England be seen to better 
advantage than on her hills and mountains. 

Few localities 
lie l>etter or 
nil ire favorably 
kiiiiwn to the 
iitist world" 
I 1 111 Xorth Con- 
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I \ i>f the scenery 
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1 it iceable : while 
1 ( ] inssesses some 
1 . the broadest 
1 111 Iscape and 
111 iiiiitaiu views, 
1' IS celebrated 
1 the beauty 
iimI artistic value 
ut' its choice 
'•bits." 
Popular Resouts. — Diana"s Uaths, Ledges, Echo Lake, and Cathe- 
dral. '■) miles. TJiese places are across the >Saco River, and may be vis- 
ited in one excursion, the drive occupying about three hours. 

Kiarsarga Mauntain. Carriages to bas^ of mountain, '2 miles; saddle 
horse to sunnnit, ;) lail's. Total, .1 miles. 

Goodrich Falls. 7 miles; Jackson Falls, miles. This is a pleasant 
afternoon excursion; and both places may be visited at the same time. 

Jockey Cap. 11 miles; LovelTs Pond, lo miles. P>oth visited in half 
a day's excursion. 

Chocorua Lake and Mountain, IS miles. 
Glen Ellis Falls. 16 miles: Swift River Falls, IS miles. 
Thorn Hill, s miles. A charming aft:M-n(>on drive, with grand views 
of the mountains. 

Carter's Notch, 12 miles; Sligo. 1:] miles; Humphrey's Ledges. 14 
miles; Potter's Farm, 12 miles: Thompson Falls, (i miles; Artist Fall, 
1 mile; Washington Bowlder, 7 miles; Barllett Bowlder, G miles. 




DIANAS BATHS. 



POPULAR RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 17 

BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD. 

This is one of the most pojiulai- routes of summer travel in Xew Eng- 
land. It not only forms a through line between Boston and ]\Iaine, as 
its name suggests, but, through its connections, leads to Canada, the 
Provinces, and directly to the picturesque lake and mountain regions of 
New Hampshire. The equipments of this road are unrivalled, both in 
the use of all modern improvements for safety, and in the taste displayed 
in their manufacture. 

This route possesses the advantage of leaving Boston from the heart 
of the city. Its depot, in Ilaymarket Square, at the head of 'Washington 
Street, is more central than that of any other road. The line is located 
through a section of the country possessing unusual interest. The 
trains, which leave Boston in a northerly direction, cross the Charles 
River, and, passing through C/iarle.<ito!cn, almost under the shadow of 
Bunker-Hill Monument, glide rapidly away through the suburbs which 
skirt the city in that direction. The stations at Snmercille, Maiden, Mel- 
rose, Stoneham, and Greenwood are quickly passed. These places are 
each beautiful in themselves, and by their constant communication with 
Boston are rendered particularly desirable for residences. From Wake- 
field a branch road leads to Georgetown, Banners, and Ncicburnport. 
Wakefield is but ten miles from Boston, and is a thriving and beautiful 
town. Reading, Wilvihu/lon, Ballardcale. and Andnrcr are next passed. The 
latter place is the seat of a theological seminary. The Salem and 
Lowell railroad intersects the Boston and JNIaine at Wibnimjion Junction. 
In one hour from the start the train reaches Laiorence, one of the most 
imjiortant cotton-manufacturing cities in the country. This city is lo- 
cated on the northern bank of the Merrimac River. Those desiring to 
stop here, or continue to Manchester, Concord, Northern New Hanipsliire, 
Vermont, or the Canadas, should take the rear cars, which are detached 
at South Lawrence, and continue to their destination. The main line 
follows the right bank of the Merrimac to Bradford, from which place 
another branch leads to Georgetoa-n and Newhuryport. The road crosses 
the river from Bradford to Hacerhill. This small but tasteful city pos- 
sesses few rivals, either in the thrift of its inhabitants, or in the pic- 
turesque beauty of its location. It is situated on the left bank of the 
Merrimac, which is to this place navigable for small steamers. The 
ground rises gradually from the river, affording to each successive tier 
of houses an admirable view of the siu-rounding country. 

Three miles beyond Haverhill the train passes Atkinson, and enters 
New Hampshire: althougli the country for twenty miles, through the 
towns of Plaislow, Newton, and East Kingston, will hardly fulfil the travel- 
ler's expectations of New-Hampshire scenery. From Newton a " Branch " 










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leads to West Amcsburt/. Exeter, the next place of importance, is an un- 
usually desirable town. The Phillips Academy, and the Robinson 
Female Seminary, two of the bi-st schools in the State, have "-iven a 
tone to society, the influence of which is at once felt by the visitor. 

From this station a stage rmis, during the summer months, to Hampton 
Beach, eight miles distant, although that resort can be more directly 
reached by rail. 

At the Exeter Station will be found an excellent restaurant, where the 
train always waits full ten minutes. Beyond Exeter Ave pass South New 
Market, New Market Junction, and Neiv Market. The villages are both 
pleasantly situated ; while at tlie '' Junction " connection is made wdth 
the Portsmouth and Concord Railroad, by which passengers can visit 
either of those cities and otlier points on the line. From New Market 
to Dover, through Durham and Madhuri/, the route passes through an 
agricultural region. Dorer is a city of 10,000 inhabitants, located on the 
Cocheco River, and has a fine water-power. At this place the road di- 
vides ; the main line continuing to Portland, while a " Branch " (the 
Dover and Winnepesaukee Railroad) extends to A /Ion Ba//. This route 
has steadily increased in popularity until it is accounted one of the most 
desirable to Lake Winnepesaukee and the White Mountai)is. By it the 
lake is approached at the southern extremity; where close connection 
is made with the new and beautiful side-wheel steamer Mount 
"Washington, Captain AV'iggiu, which sails its entire length (30 
miles), stopping at all landings, and returning the same day, connecting 
with the last train for Boston. 

Alton Bay, at the terminus of the railroad, is a quiet hamlet shut in by 
hills. The Bay View House is pleasantly and conveniently located, 
and affords, at reasonable cost, good accommodations to its guests. The 
mountain-drives in the neighborhood present many magnificent views 
of the lake and surrounding country, that to Gilmanton being particu- 
larly noticeable. Gilmanton is a quiet country town. Its surface is 
high rolling upland, with clear, exhilarating atmosphere, and pure water 
slightly impregnated with iron. It is one of the most healthf id locali- 
ties in the State ; in evidence of which nuxy be cited the unusual num- 
ber of aged people among its inhabitants, some being over one hundred 
years. It has three villages ; at the " Centre " is located that time-hon- 
ored institution, Gilmanton Academy. The town covers a great extent 
of country, and has many beautiful lakelets and small ponds, well 
stocked with fish. Its quiet farms have become very popular as summer 
residences for families from the city. Gilmanton Ironworks is reached by 
the Boston and Maine Railroad to Alton. Gilmanton Academy, by the 
Boston, Concord, and Montreal Railroad to Tilton, and Lower Gilmanton, 
via Concord and Suncook Valley Railroads to Pittsjield, and thence by 
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Ten miles from Alton Bay, at Wolfhoro', the steamer makes its first 
landing. Wolfhoro' is built on land sloping to the water, and conmiands 
a fine view of the lake and the mountain-range beyond. The fame of 
this inland watering-place has long been known. There are three or 
four hotels : the Glendon and Bellevue standing at the water's edge ; 
the Pavilion on higher land. There are also several private boarding- 
houses, affording ample accommodations to visitors. Connection is here 
made with the Wolfboro' Bronch of the Eastern Railroad, leading to 
North Corneal/ and the \\'hitp ^[ountains. 



Wa7£P 




GLEKDON HOUSE, Wolfboro, N H. 

The Glendon House possesses several peculiar advantages, which sug- 
gest themselves to a person visiting Wolfboro'. It is located directly 
between the landing of the steamers " Mt. Washington " and " Lady of 
the Lake," and the station of the Eastern Railroad ; and, being less than a 
stone's-throw from either, the arrival of the several trains and boats 
form a prolific source of amusement to guests. The house has been 
placed to give a water-prospect from every side, while the mountain views 
beyond add beauty and grandeur to the scenery. It has the furth;n- ad- 
vantage of being new and newly furnished ; aud careful attention has 
been given to the drainage. A double veranda surrounds " The Glen- 
don," affording delightful shade and fine promenades at all times. But 
one of its chief attractions is the peculiar construction of the roof, which, 
being flat, gives an unsurpassed opportunity to examine the surround- 
ing country, and is a popular resort at the twilight of a summer's day. 



■^2 POPULAR RESOIITS, AXI) HOW TO KEACH THEM. 



From here the full graiidmir of the .surrounding mountain peaks is seen. 
Copple-Crou-ii, that grand old mount, isolated and alone, rises in the 
south-east. It is but five miles aw;iy. over a pleasant road, which 
reaches far up its side. The view from its simimit is magnificent, and 
will amply repay a visit. 'J\imhle-<loiL-)i Diet is the name given to another 
peak in the neighborhood, probably from its one-sided appearance. 
Looking south-west, across the lake, the (iuilford Mountains commence 
to rise from the water's edge ; Mt. Iklhnap and (Innstnclc cutting sharply 
against the western .sky. To the north tliey rise in grander forms : 0.«/- 
/>f-e Mountain, being nearest, holds a ])rominent jiositioii. The Sandirich 
Mountains beyond are decided in outline, and artistic in combination ; 
but rising grandly and boldly aV)ove tlu'iu all is Mt. C/toronta, ;:}.858 feet 
above the sea. This ]>eak is so (b^'ided in outline and character, that it 
is never mistaken. Many other mountains cut the distant hoi'izon ; and 
their study forms a source of amusement to the tourist. 

The Otisipte Falls are on a wild mountain torrent a few miles distant, 
and are becoming a source of much resort. 

Nearly synonymous with the liistory of Wolfboro". as a jiopular resort, 
is the name of the Pavilion as a first-class hotel : and few iiouses in 
New Hampshire are better or more favorably known. Unlike many of 
its age, the Tavilion does not grow old, but continues to improve with 
the rapid growth of the village ; which now supports two first-class 
hotels, iind several others at less jirices. but where the comforts of home 
can be had. 

Each year adds to the improvements or embellishments of this house ; 
while the shrubbery with which the extensivt> grounds were early 
planted now forms an imceasing source of comfort and delight, partic- 
ularly to children in their amusements. 

Since the close of the last pleasure season, it has been placed in per- 
fect repair; commencing at the foundation and drainage, the plumbing 
and painting: in a word, the "Pavilion'" has been i-ejuvenated. and, 
dressed in lioliday attire, is ready to receive its numerous guests. 

The house and grounds couunaud an unolistructed view of the lake, 
its islands, and tiie mountain i-anges beyond. Its lawn, embracing six 
acres, is well laid out. slopes gently down five hundred feet to the water's 
edge, where a fine wharf has been erected, and is maintained for the ex- 
clusive use of guests. Indeed, boating is one of the favorite amuse- 
naents of the habitues of Wolfboro". 

This town has become a very popular summer home for the families 
of business men of Boston. IJy the convenient arrangement of trains 
and boats, the cars reach the city by ten o'clock in the morning, and 
return at 5. v.m.. allowing a full day for business, and still chance to 
spend the night, morning, and evening at this charming, resort. 



To 



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24 POPULAR RESOKTS, AND HOW TO ItEACH THEM. 

Wolfboro' has several churches and banks, and is withal a delightful 
place to spend the summer and autumn months. 

Centre Harbor has become extensively known as a summer resort, and 
the Senter House, its principal hotel, as a pleasant, homelike place, 
where, by good fare and close attention to the comforts of his guests, its 
genial landlord has won a deserved popularity. 

The house has been placed with special reference to the unrivalled 
prospect of the lake, which its situation commands. It has an uninter- 
cepted view for more than twenty miles. Here, seated under its broad 
verandas, shaded by magnificent elms, the visitor may watch the ar- 
rival and departure of the boats, the hurry and excitement of pas- 
sengers, the going and coming of the stages, and the joy and exhila- 
ration of the mountain parties leaving for or returning from Red Hill. 
The broad avenue which passes the house is shaded by a doubh^ row of 
elms, beyond which cultivated grounds slope gently down, two hundred 
yards, to the lake. The fine boat-houses and billiard and bowling 
saloons, which stand at the water's edge, are approached by walks orna- 
mented by shrubs and flowers, and sjianned by vine-clad arbors. Cen- 
tre Harbor and its vicinity is noted for its good roads and delightful 
drives, one of the most popular of which is to Red Hill. Although 
this mountain rises to the height of 2000 feet, its ascent is not difficult. 
A four-mile drive over a country road brings the tourist to the l)ase of 
the mountain, from which a good pedesti'ian can easily make the remain- 
ing two miles ; or, for those who desire, trained saddle-horses are always- 
to be had. 

I will not vohmteer a description of the view from Red Hill, preferring 
to give the opinion of one of America's most popular writers (Rev. 
Thomas Starr King). I will simply add, that the remarkable grandeur 
of the view is due to the fact that this famous spot is surrounded by 
the most noted mountain-peaks on this coast, while its base is bathed 
by the waters of a beautiful lake. 

" The excursion to Red Hill is easily made in the afternoon, or between, 
breakfast and dinner. Its unwooded peak is lifted to the height from 
which scenery looks most charming : and there is no point except this, 
along the regular mountain route beneath which a lake is spread. But 
here Winnepesaukee stretches from its very foot; and its whole length is 
seen as far as the softly swelling hills that bound it on the southeast. 
Here is the place to study its borders, to admire the fleet of islands that 
ride at anchor on its bosom. — from little shallops to three-deckers, — 
and to enjoy the exquisite lines by which its bays are enfolded, in which 
its coves retreat, and with which its low capes cut the azure water, and 
hang over it an emerald fringe. And, if one can stay late in the after- 
noon as we have staid, and see the shadows thrown out from the islands 



POPUI.AK KESOKTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM, 



25 



and the trees, and the hues that flush the lake's surface as the sun 
declines, he obtains the most fascinating and enjoyable view which can 
be gained from any eminence that lies near the tourist's path." 

A short walk back from the Senter House leads by gentle ascent to 
points of rare interest, commanding views of the surrounding country^ 
and the lake, which, like an immense mirror, reflects the hills and 
islets for miles and miles away. 

The time is not far distant when this desirable slope will be covered 
by summer residences: a spot so beautiful and accessible cannot long 
fail to attract public notJce. It not only commands a grand landscape 
view, bat every movement about the boats and hotels. 





LAKE WINNEPESAUKEE. N.H. 
From Centre Harbor. 



Squam Lake is also one of the favorite spots to visit. The drive is 
but two or three miles over the hills, yet it is very pleasant ; while the 
lake is a perfect gem of loveliness. Its serrated coast, its points and in- 
lets, and its fine gravelly beaches washed by the jnircst waters, combine 



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POPITLAB RESOETS. AND HOW TO REACH THKM. 



to make this a favorite resort : fishing excursions here are also frequent. 
Squam Lake is passed by the excursionist who drives from Centre Harbor 
to Phpnnuili. There are many other delightful drives in the vicinity, for the 
enjoyment of which ample accommodations are furnished at the hotels. 

The Senter House is reached dii'ectly by .^^ ^ 

three of the most i)opular lines of railroad 
in New England, viz.. the Boston and Maine 
(already described), the Boston. Concord, and o?, ■^- 
Monti'eal. and the Eastern to Wolfboro". 
where connection is made by boat to Cen- 
tre Harbor. 



1 




SCENE ON LAKE WINNEPESAUKEE. 

Stages leave, morning and noon, for WcM Dssipee (20 miles) via Mcml- 
tonboro", Tamioorth, and Sandwich, where connection is made with the cars 
for Norlh Conway, Bartlelt, and the White Mountains; although tour- 
ists from Centre Harbor to the White Mountains are not confined to 
the stage, two other routes being open morning and evening, — via 
Steamer "Mt. Washington." and the Wolfboro' and Conway Branch, 
and the Boston, Concord, and INIontreal Railroad via Steamer '• Lady of 
the Lake.'- 



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POPULAR PvESORTS, AND IIOW TO KEACH THEM. 



The approach to Centre Harbor presents many features of rmnsual 
interest. The moving diorama, as the steamer threads its way among 
the islands, forms a perfect kaleidoscope of beauty. At every turn the 
landscape changes, fireen hills, rich pastures, and quiet waters compose 
the view, beyond which the White Mountains tower in stately grandeur. 

Resuming our route from Docer on the main line, the train will first 
stop at Roliuisford, from whence a Jiranch road leads to (Ireat Falls, a thriv- 
ing cotton-manufacturing town with a tine water-power, on the Salmon- 
Falls River. Salmon Falls is the next village. This is also a manufac- 
turing place : the same river runs througli the village, and is here crossed 
by a high bridge (see cut), beneath wiiich the angry waters boil and 
tumble. The route of the Boston and ]Maine Railroad to this point has 
been inland. From here it leads again towards the sea, crossing the 
Eastern Railroad at Berwick, and continuing to Wells. This is the direct 
route to Wells Beach, which is but two miles from the depot. Coaches 
are run from every train by the hotel-proprietors. 



1 




"'^'^^^m^ £^l^%Ay«r --..-—-* 




5^^^^^^^E ''?'";I. ::"**^!?^!v;^W5s';y-^-^' 



ISLAND LEDGE HOTEL. 

This house derives its name from its location, and from the ledge 
which breaks the incoming waves in its front. It is pleasantly situated, 
standing high, surromided by a beautiful graded and highly cultivated 
lawn. The views are extensive, commanding over thirty miles of water 
horizon, from Cape Porpoise in the east, to Bald Head Cliff in the 
south. The inland prospect is unobstructed. The Wells River runs be- 
tween the hotel and town : beyond all is an extensive landscape view. 

The Atlantic House also jiossesses a good local reputation, and is 
pleasantly located at the southern end of the beach. 

Kennehunk is tlie next regular station on the Boston and Maine Railroad 



P()Pri,Al{ KESiOIMS. AXI) now TO REACH THEM. 



29 




This is an old town, inhabited largely by retired merchants and sea- 
faring men. The new watering-place and summer resort at Cape Arun- 
deU Kennehunkport, is but three miles distant, connected by stage. 

_ ^ Cape A- 

^=^^^=^ ^^P^*^^^'^?-Cr^~.__^ rundeldif- 

feis mate- 
iially from 
any other 
1 e s o r t on 
the coast. 
The sand- 
be acli is 
short, 
t h o u g h 
\ ery good. 
It has sev- 
ei \\ gravel- 
ly beaches, 
adapted to 
bathing; 
but its chief 
character- 
istic is a 

stern roclv-bound shore, interspersed witii those cavernous apertures into 
whicli the tide rushes with violence, often tlirowing the water to a 
great height. There is a good hotel of medium capacity, but well kept; 
a fine wharf, with admirable facilities for fishing and sailing; while the 
vicinity abounds in berries. Every thing is new, and to those pleased 
with that cliaracter of scenery is a pleasant retreat. The country from 
Kennebunk possesses little to interest the traveller until he reaches 
Biddeford, a city of rapid growtli, an offshoot from Saco, the station 
on the opj>osite side of the river. Saco and Biddeford are manufacturing 
towns, located on the Saco River, which at this place has a fall of fifty- 
five feet, furnishing one of the finest water-powers in the State. The 
Boston and JNIaine Road ci-osses by a wrought-iron bridge immediately 
above the falls, of which a fine view may be had from tiie cars. 

Sam Pool is a land-locked basin near the mouth of the river, nine 
miles below Saco and Biddeford, and as a summer resort possesses a fine 
local reputation. Several hotels are open for the season. It is reached 
by a small steamer from the landing at Biddeford. 

From Saco the cars bear away to Old Orchard licdch, passing, at places, 
almost within the spray of the surf, and depositing tourists at the door 
of the hotels. Old Orchard has one of the finest sand-beaches on the coast. 



CAPE ARUNDEL. 



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POPULAK RKSOKTS. A^•^ HOW TO UKACH IIIKM. 



31 



It is nine miles long, very hard, and presents admirable facilities for 
driving and bathing. From Old Orchard to Porlland, eleven miles, the 
scenery is uninteresting, though the old watering-place at Scarborough is 
but a short distance off the road, and still attracts its favorite visitors. 




1 2 3 4 -J r, 

Engraved expressly for Bachelrlcr's " Popular Jiesurls, and How to Iit:ui:li Tlirm." 

Old Orchard OLD ORCHARD BEACH. 4. Sea Shore He 

House. 5. Gorman 

Ocean House. 6. Montreal 

Boston and Maine R. R. 7. St. Cloud 



Portland is a beautiful city, handsomely built, finely locateil on dry, 
commanding ground, and beautifully ornamented by shade-trees and 
public boulevards. It has superior hotels ; and the suburbs present many 
interesting- features. It has a deep, well-protected harbor. Cape Eliza- 
beth, a bold, rock-bound coast on tiie southern side, is a place of consid- 
erable resort durin"- the summer mouths. 



32 POPULAR RESOKTS, AND HOW TO KEACH THEM. 

Cooperstown. — " This popular resort is the county seat of Otsego 
County, N.Y., and is situated at the south end of Otsego Lake. It is one 
of the literary Meccas of America ; for here was the home of J. Feni- 
more Cooper, and in these scenes he wrote those wonderfuJ American 
stories, which the English-reading world have placed on a level of popu- 
larity with the undying fictions of Walter Scott. In his ' Deerslayer,' 
he describes the lake and surrounding hills. A late guide-book says, — 
' The same points still exist which " Leather-Stocking " saw. There is 
the same beauty of verdure along the hills ; and the sun still glints as 
brightly as then the ripples of the clear water.' The whole region is 
full of interest, because of the creations of Cooper's genius ; and his 
romances have a new zest and beauty when read amid the scenes that 
inspired them. The surroundings of the lake are all beautiful; and the 
entii-e region is full of interest. In close proximity are several favorite 
resorts, accessible by a small steamer which runs on the lake, which is 
widely famed for its bass and pickerel fishing." 

Trenton Falls. — "These remarkable curiosities are near the city of 
Utica, N.Y., on West Canada Creek, a tributary of the Mohawk River, 
and consist of a series of cascades, of unexcelled picturesqueness and 
beauty. The principal falls are five in number, and are named, succes- 
sively, passing up the stream, Sherman Fall, High Fall, Mill-dam Fall, 
Alhambra Fall, and Rocky Heart. To appreciate them fully, the tourist 
should descend the bank, by stairway, to the rocky level at the bottom, and 
pass up along the left bank, on an irregular line of shelf-path, presenting 
little difficulty and no danger to the careful. The rock strata of the gorge 
cannot fail to excite admiration; and the unique collection of fossils and 
crystals, found in the neighborhood and kept on view at a hotel near the 
Falls, is an interesting subject for examination and study. From a point 
called the Rural Retreat, a splendid view of the High Fall, from above, 
can be had." 

Straw's Point, N.H., is a group of private residences for summer 
life, as yet ; but its many advantages for novelty and for health-seekers 
must soon raise the inevitable hotel in its vicinity, if not in its midst. 
It is but a half-mile from Rye Beach, and is reached from Boston by the 
" Eastern Railroad." 

Rocky Point, R.I. — This famed resort is located on the shores of 
Narraganset Bay, and is passed by steamers from Providence to Newport. 
Its name suggests the .^tvild, picturesque character of the scenery in the 
vicinity; yet '-Rocky Pomt " is to-day more suggestive of clam-bakes and 
jolly times than anything else. Excursion parties numbering thousands 
frequent it during tlie pleasure season. 



POPULAR KESOETS, AND HOW TO KEACH THEM. 33 

Long Branch, " one of the most popular seaside resorts in America, 
is in Monmouth County, N.J. It was visited for health and recreation 
previous to 1812 ; and, soon after the termination of the war with Great 
Britain, hotels were opened for the accommodation of visitors. Still its 
magnitude is of recent growth; and the last fifteen years have done more 
for its development and improvement than the preceding fifty had accom- 
plished. Its hotel accommodations are sufficient for fifteen thousand 
persons ; yet each recurring season crowds them to their full capacity. 
Elegant and spacious cottages, owned and occupied by persons of distinc- 
tion, line the principal avenues for long distances, some of them being 
surroimded with extensive grounds, highly ornamented and carefully kept. 

" The beach at Long Branch is famous for its natural grandeur, as well 
as for its artificial attractions. It is an open bluff, rising some twenty 
feet or more above the tide-line, and extending a distance of five miles. 
Along this, the grand drive is constructed, and the principal hotels are 
erected. Here, during the season, showy and elegant equipages dash, in 
passing and repassing lines, while the verandas and porticoes are thronged 
with spectators. No view could well be more animated or attractive than 
this, with its life, gayety, and beauty, relieved by the wide and restless 
ocean, swelling and rolling in boundless perspective. Some of the inland 
drives are equally pleasant ; and, in fact, the facilities everywhere offered 
for this exhilarating enjoyment may be ranked as one of the greatest 
attractions of the place. 

"The Monmouth Park race-course is a few miles from Long Branch; 
and its annual meetings rank among the most popular in America. 
These take place during the 'season;' and the list of entries generally 
embraces all the famous horses on the turf. Nothing on this side of the 
Atlantic so nearly appi'oaches an English 'Derby Day' as a sweepstake 
at Monmouth Park, when the multitudes from New York, Philadelphia, 
and all other adjacent cities and towns, pour out to witness the famed 
steeds contend for the championship." 

The State of New Jersey fails to offer any natural wonders to attract 
its share of the sight-hunting and money-spending thousands, who afford 
a summer harvest for more favored States. But her beaches are among 
the finest, as elsewhere described. Doubtless spots of landscape exist 
worthy of some delay to those flitting birds of passage ; but the Jerseyites 
make their summer jaunts to more attractive regions than they can find 
at home. 

Greenwood Lake, N.Y., on the Erie Road, is another of those 
panoramic regions where novelties and rural charms are in imlimited 
diversity. 



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POPULAR RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 



PENNSYLVANIA SCENERY. 

The remarkable unfolding of the mineral resources of Pennsylvania 
during the last few years has developed some of the finest scenery on the 
continent. Deep gorges, bold precipices, and wild ravines, heretofore 
untrodden by human foot, now sparkle with the light of civilization. The 
screaming locomotive, guided by science, darts into the recesses of the 
Jnountains. Forests are levelled, valleys cleared, Jiouses erected, cities 
reared, mines opened; and the very hills pour forth their hidden treasures. 

This 
Indus- 
trial re- 
s e a r c h 
has open- 
ed up a 
new field 
for pleas- 
ure seek- 
ers. Prob- 
ably no 
other lo- 
cality on 
the con- 
ti n e nt 
has re- 
ceived a 
like in- 
crease of 
visitors. 
A few 
years ago 
the ex- 
t e n sive 
coal r e- 
gi o n of 
Pennsyl- 
v a n i a 
was com- 
parative- 

ly Un- LEHIGH VALLEY, MAUCH CHUNK, PENN 

k now n Looking South from Mt. Pisgah. 

to the tourist : now thousands visit it annually, and return filled with ad- 
miration of the wild beauties it contains. 




POPULAR RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 35 

ROUTE OF APPROACH. 

The direct route of approach to the coal regions of Pennsylvania from 
Netv York; New Enr/lcunl, and the Province.'^ is by tlie Central Railroad 
of New Jersey, its Branches and Connections, and from J'hiln- 
(lelphia by the North Pennsylvania Railroad. 

This also is the most direct and the shortest route from New York to 
Easton, Allentown, Wilkes Barre, Reading, Harrisburg, Williamsport, the 
Oil Regions, Pittsburg, and the West, and is one of the very pleasantest to 
North Mountain and Watkins Glen (elsewhere described), and when con- 
nected will embrace one of the finest and most varied pleasure trips on 
the continent. It has also been opened as a through route from New 
York and Philadelphia to Saratoga, tuci Mauch Chunk, Wilkes Barre, 
Scranton, &c. (see description). We leave New York from the foot of 
Liberty Street, by the Central New Jersey Railroad Company's splendid 
ferry-boats to Jersey City, from which point our i-oute by rail commences. 
The road leads at first in a general westerly direction, through a fine 
agricultural region, interspersed with thriving villages and elegant 
suburban residences. It is also a field replete with historic memories. 
Washington s Rock; the lofty crag from which that revered general was 
wont to study the position and note the movements of a foreign foe, is 
plainly visible from the cars. 

At Hampton Junction the " Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Rail- 
road" connects for Delaware AVater Gap, Scranton, Great Bend, and 
Binghamton. 

At Phillipsburg, a picturesque town built on a bold bluff on the left 
bank of the Delaware River, opposite Easton, which it overlooks, the 
" Central Railroad " connects with the " Morris and Essex " and the 
"Belvidere " Railroads. 

Easton is delightfully located at the confluence of the Lehigh and 
Delaware Rivers, the former leaping over a dam of twenty-one feet at this 
place. The town is approached by a magnificent bridge, one thousand 
feet long, and twenty-two feet high. It is constructed of wrought iron, 
resting on heavy cut-stone piers, and, including the rock-cuts in the 
vicinity, cost $650,000. Beneath this pass diagonally the Canal, " Bel- 
videre Railroad," and foot-bridge ; and under all rush the waters of the 
wild mountain torrent in its race to the sea. 

This bridge connects the '* Central New Jersey Railroad " with the 
"Lehigh and Susquehanna " Division on the north bank of the Lehigh, 
and with the " Lehigh Valley Railroad " on the south bank. By the 
latter route we continue to Bethlehem and Allentown. The picturesque 
beauty of the scenery increases from Easton, the cars following the 
graceful curves of the river, which is fringed and shaded by beautiful 



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POPULAR RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 



trees, while bold hills, clothed with luxuriant foliage, compose the 
background. 

At Bethlehem the " North Pennsylvania Railroad," from Philadelphia, 
intersects with the " Lehigh Valley " and the " Lehigh and Susquehanna" 
Roads, contributing its quota of tourists from Philadelphia and the 
South. The "Lehigh and Lackawanna" Branch to Chapman's also 
leads from this point. 

At Allentown the course of the river is from the north-west, up which 
the " Lehigh Valley " and " Lehigh and Susquehanna " Railroads extend, 
while comiection is also made with the " Allentown Line ; " which com- 
prises the " East Pennsylvania Railroad," thirty-six miles from Allentown 
to Reading, and the " Lebanon Valley Railroad," fifty-four miles farther,, 
to Harrisburg. The general course of this route is westerly. The 
scenery is unusually fine; and, differing entirely in character from the 
" New York and Allentown" section, it adds to the variety and pleasure 
of the tourist. At Harrisburg connection is made with trains on the 
" Pennsylvania and Northern Central Railroad," affording ample facili- 
ties to go North, South, or AVest. 

THE LEHIGH VALLEY. — RE- 
SUMING FROM EASTON. 

The " Lehigh and Susque- 
lianna " Division of the " Cen- 
tral Railroad " connects at 
Easton, and, following the tor- 
tuous course of the Lehigh, 
winds its picturesque way 
through the mountains to^the 
Susquehanna at Wilkes Barre, 
up which it follows to Pitts- 
ton, and thence on the east 
bank of the Lackawanna to 
Scran ton. 

This is a main line, into 
which lead, from every direc- 
tion, branches filled witli trains 
burthened with the rich min- 
ei-al products of this remark- 
able region. Coal is not the only product : iron, slate, &c., are manu- 
factured in great abundance. 

Either of these is found in quantities sufficient to insure the wealth 
and prosperity of any section of the country. These industrial pursuits 
form an interesting source of information, as well as amusement, to the 




COAL VEIN. 



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POPULAR KESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THKM. 



37 



tourist. He often gazes in amazement upon the ci^rious mechanism and 
ponderous implements employed. The enormous expenditures which 
have been made to develop and frequently to prepare to develop these 
enterprises, are a source of wonder. And when we realize that these 
features are but adjuncts to oiie of the finest combinations of natural 
scenery in America, we can better understand its growing popularity. 




LEHIGH. GAP, 

(Looking Down). 

Central Railroad of New Jersey. 



" Soon after leaving Bethlehem, the mountains approach the bed of the 
stream, and at ' The Gap ' fling themselves directly in its path, leaving no 
resource but to go thi'ough them, which it has accordingly done, cleaving 
the mountains from summit to base in its efforts to escape. 



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POPULAR KESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 



"It is not until the vicinity of Mauch Chunk is reached that the peculiar 
features of Lehigh Valley appear in perfection." 







MAUCH CHUNK, PENN. 
Mt. Pisgah and "Switch-back" Railway. 

This wild, picturesque, and popular re- 
gion is reached from New York and Phil- 
adelphia fid Central New Jersey, North 
Pennsvlvania, and connecting railroads. 



POPULAR KESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 



The arrival of the morning trains atMaiicli Chunk from New York and 
Philadelpliia is at the liour of noon ; and a hot dinner at the Mansion 
House is waiting to be served. This, to tlie frequenter of the Lehigh 

Valley, is the 
only a n- 
nounceme n t 
nece s s ary ; 
but to the 
s t r a n ger I 
will ad d 
that ''The 
Mansion" 
has no sujie- 
rior in this 
region. It 
needs but 
one visit to 
insure a sec- 
ond. The cars 
of the '■ Cen- 
tral R a i 1- 
road of Xew 
Jersey" stop 
at the door; 
and its loca- 
tion on the 
banks of the 
Lehigh, over- 
hung by rug- 

MANSION HOUSE, MAUCH CHUNK, PENN. g^fl mOUU- 

Central Railroad of New Jersey. talnS, all 

clothed with the fragrant rhodendron, is picturesque to the last degree. 

The visitor to ]\Iauch Chunk is advised to go without any pre-arranged 
plans. It is not a place to •• do " by la-ogramme, as many tourists travel. 
It contains too much, has too many features of interest, so startling in 
their character, so grand in conception, and so beautiful in detail, that 
any previous plan of operations must in execution fall to nought. It is 
better to go untrammidled. 

After finding yourself comfortably domiciled, go first to the veranda 
on the front of the house, and leisurely study the scene, an engraving of 
which is herewith submitted. It is truly a wonderful view, pleasing in 
art, yet far more so in nature. A glimpse of the entrance to the town 
shows through the narrow street to the left. Splendid residences cling 




POPULAU UKSOIJTS, AND HOW TO UEACH THEM. 



41 



to the hillside beyond, over which a few marble monuments indicate the 
village cemetery. Beyond this we take the cars for the " Switch-back" 
Railway. . The "dam " in the left middle ground throws the water into 




the canal, 
whose 
boats, 
loaded 
with the 

THE FLAGSTAFF. "black 

diamonds " of this region, we have seen 
by the wayside. Immediately before 
the door is the platform of the " Cen- 
tral Railroad of New Jersey," where 
passengers are left and received from 
every train. The light ii'on bridge leads 
to the depot of the "Lehigh A^ alley Railroad," on the opposite side of the 
river. Bear Mounlain is the central feature of the landscape. 

But the mountain on the right receives the gi'eatest homage from 
visitors. From the "Flagstaff" on its summit you get the view sug- 
gested by the above engraving, though vastly superior. It is too 
extensive, too grand, to receive justice from the artist's pencil. The 
topography of the whole countiy is spread out before you. It seems a 
moving dioranui, through which you trace the serpentine windings of the 
Lehigh Valley, with its river, its railroads, and canals. 



42 



rOPUI-AR RESORTS, AND HOW TO 15f)ACH THEM. 



An excursion over the " Switch-back" Railroad will also be in order. 
Strictly speaking, the " Switch-back " has ceased to exist, and & gravity 
road has taken its place ; but the name remains. The first improve- 
ment in the " Switch-back " Railroad — for conveying coal from the mines 
about Summit Hill, ten miles distant, to the boats of the " Coal Navi- 
gation Company" at Mauch Chunk — was by employing (/ra<77_y one way, 
the grade being sufficient to insure this. Mules were taken down on the 
train to draw the cars back. This was subsequently improved by the 
construction of planes over the intervening elevations, Mt. Pisgah and 
Mt. Jefferson, up w liich the cars were drawn by stationary engines on 
their summits ; the altitude thus gained being sufficient to turn the grade 

to Summit 
II ill, to 
■which place 
the cars re- 
t u rued by 
their own 
gravity. 
This means 
of t r a n s- 
portation an- 
swered well 
its pm-pose 
until the 
great d e- 
mand for 
the anthra- 
cite coal of 
the " L e- 
high " war- 
ranted the 
constructio n 
of a steam 
railr o a d, — 
the cutting 
of solidrocks 
asunder, and 
piercing the 
mountain 
barriers with 

tunnels. The success of this last enterprise relieved the " Switch-back," 
or, more properly, " Gravity " Road ; but the opening of this region at 
this time as a "popular re-sort " suggested the use of the " Switch-back " 




MT. PISGAH PLANE, 
'Switch-back" Railroad, Mauch Chunk, Penn. 



44 POPULAR RESORTS, AND HOW TO KKACII THEM. 

as a pleasure route for excursionists. Passenger cars have been substi- 
tuted ; and the same powerful machinery used for coal-cars is now 
applied to the light pleasure traffic. Carriages from the depots and the 
hotels take passengers to the base of Mt. Pisgah, though it is but a 
short distance for those who prefer to walk ; and the fine scenery will 
repay the effort. The plane of Mt. Pisgah rises one foot in three 
for 2,322 feet. The cars are drawn up by a stationary engine on the top, 
connecting with an iron band six and one-half inches wide, which runs 
over a drum eighteen feet in diameter. The passenger car is followed 
by a mfp.tij car, supplied with a long iron bar following in a " ratchet," 
which, in case of breakage of engine or bands, securely holds the cars 
against accident; and its efficiency may be judged by the fact that 
there has never yet been an accident. On reaching the summit of Mt. 
Pisgah, the car starts by its own gravity down the opposite grade. Its 
course is gradual, following the tortuous sinuosities of the sur- 
face ; now glancing under the shade of broad-spreading trees, for a 
moment refreshing all with their cooling shade ; anon skirting the brink 
of a beetling crag, unfolding glimpses of the changing scenes below. 
Now we glide along the mountain side, and skim through the valleys, 
clearing at a bound the noisy streams whicli foam and boil far down 
among the rocks. 

The ride is exhilarating beyond description. Without motive power, 
we seem to //// Ihrouf/h the air. The winter coasting which delighted our 
childhood days tames in comparison. 

The car is under the complete control of the brakemen. It would 
acquire a speed of forty-five miles an hour, but is kept at eighteen. Six 
miles our downward course is held, to the base of Mt. Jefferson, up which 
we are drawn as before, and again descend a single mile to Summil Hill, 
where a half-hour's stay is made. This is a mining hamlet, whose chief 
attraction to the tourist is the "Burning Mine," which has been on fire 
since 1832. The homeward ride is pleasant : we have no more planes to 
rise; our altitude is sufficient to give the grade, down which we glide 
nine miles to the point of starting. The pleasure of the party increases ; 
familiarity with the scene has banished the fear of fancied dangers ; and 
all return feeling that they have received an unusual amount of satisfac- 
tion for a dollar; and not unfrequently repeat it the next day. 

It would seem that enough objects of interest about Mauch Chunk have 
already been described to insure its popularity ; but the most beautiful 
feature i-emains, — Glen Onoko. Two miles above the village tliis 
fascinating spot is located. Cars by the " Central Railroad of New Jersey," 
and "Lehigh Valley Railroad," make several trips daily. It consists of 
a depression in the mountain, from which a fiery stream springs a thou- 
sand feet by successive leaps to the yalley below, fonning among the 



I'OCULAK J{KS01{TS, AMI) HOW TO UEACH THEM. 45 

rocks and precipices a rare combination of waterfalls and cascades, which 
are clothed with deep evergreen foliage, and ornamented by the bright 
flowers of the I'hododendron. At much time and expense a good path, 
stairways, and rustic bridges have been constructed, to facilitate the 
visitor. The accompanying •' cut" of Onoko Station will convey a good 
idea of the locality, which is known to boatmen as the " Turn-Hole," 
from the " eddy" in the river formed by the current. The bluff on the 
left, through which the " Lehigh and Susquehanna" Division of the 
" Central Railroad of New Jersey" passes by tunnel, is properly known 
as Moyer's Rock, and possesses a traditional interest. The story is 
told in this wise : During the early settlement of the country, a noted 
hunter and Indian-fighter, living in Mahoning Valley, four miles south, 
who had hitherto eluded all attempts at capture, was surrounded, taken 
prisoner, and disarmed, by five Indian warriors, and left on the summit of 
this rock for security, guarded by two of their number, while the others 
hunted for game. Moyer was sorely perplexed. To fight alone two armed 
Indians was not to be thought of; and long he pondered. Suddenly- 
starting, he listened intently, then i-elaxed into his former quiet. The 
Indians watched him unmoved. Again he started ; and, creeping to 
the very brink, throwing into his countenance all the interest he could 
command, he gazed intently down. The ruse succeeded : overcome by 
curiosity, the Indians unguardedly moved to his side, and sought to 
discover the source of interest ; when, with the spring of the tiger, he 
seized and dashed them to the rocks below. 

The visitor to (ilen Onoko shoiild be well shod and suitably clothed, 
the refreshing coolness of the atmos^ihere rendering an extra " wrap " 
acceptable. The successive cascades, waterfalls, and other objects of 
interest, at Glen Onoko have each received appropriate names, and are 
worthy an individual description; but there are so many other interesting 
features of this picturesque region which demand a passing notice, that 
we must leave details to local guides. 

Mauch Chunk is not. as many suppose, a mining town, but is, rather, 
the great coal-depot or shipping-mart of the Lehigh Valley. I'he pro- 
duction of coal is a subject of growing interest to the people of America; 
and, although it is not within the province of this volume to enter into a 
detailed description of the manner of working a coal-mine, yet a few- 
lines for the benefit of those who would like to investigate the subject 
while in this region will be in place. The coal is found in veins of 
various thickness, and differently situated,— sometimes level, sonu'times 
curved, often at an angle, and occasionally cropping out at the surface. 
from which the entrance is made. The experienced geologist can pi-edict 
with approximate correctness the location of a vein of coal, and estimate 
the thickness of the overlying strata which must be pierced to reach it. 



li 



46 POPULAR KESOKT.S, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 

Sometimes these tunnels enter at the upturned edge of the vein, and 




1 V1W«;5».«,H1^S», 



descend with its inclinatit)n, 
and are termed sIope:<. These 
apertures are generally about 
eleven feet wide by seven feet 
high, and contain two rail- 
ways, — one for the descend- 
ing and one for the ascending 
"^'^^ cars, — and a '-pump way" (for 

the mine must be continually cleared by the most powerful pumps), and 
a travelling or "man way." The slopes vary in length, frequently 
descending to great depths, passing at times under towns and rivers. 
The longest slopes in the anthracite regions are at New Philadelphia, or 
Lewis Vein, 2,700 feet ; and at Diamond Vein, which is from 2,800 to 3,000 
feet: these are on an incline of about 45°. " Gangways " are turned 
off to the right and left ; and in working the coal a " pillar " is left every 
few feet which sustains the overlying strata of rock, and prevents it 
falliua: in. 



POPUI.Ai: KESORTS, AND HOW TO UEACII THEM. 



47 



AVithin a distance of from two to five miles from tlie town of Wilkes 
Barre, through which this route leads us, there are worked over forty 
mines, producing in some cases 1,500 tons of coal daily from a single mine. 
The " Nesquehoning Valley Branch Railroad " leads from Mauch 
Chunk, and, connecting with the •' Catawissa Railroad," extends to 
Williamsport, a distance of ninety-two miles. 

This route is noted for the wildness of its scenery, its deep ravines, 
and high bridges, and must eventually become very popular with the 
pleasure-seeker. 

Fro m 
Mauch 
Chunk 
north- 
ward the 
Lehigh 
Valley is 
little bet- 
ter than 
a caiion 
enclosed 
be t w e e n 
high 
mountain 
walls, at 
w hose 
l)ase the 
narrow 
stream 
t u m b 1 es 
and 
foams; 
its M'aters 
now dis- 
playing 
the rich 
a m b e r 
hue 
which 
they have 
distilled 
from the 
roots and 
plants in 




THE LEHIGH. 

Looking North from Mount Pisgah, Mauch Chunk. 

Central Railroad of New Jersey. 



the swamps around their source, now white from their encounter with rock 



48 POPULAR KESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THKJf, 

or fall. High rocks hang directly overhead, and threaten to fall at any 
moment upon the trains which constantly roll beneath : branches wave, 
and flowers blossom on the hillside, so close to the railroad track that the 
passengers can almost reach them without leaving their seats. Here and 
there a miniature waterfall springs from the mountain top, and glances, 
a ribbon of foam and spray, to the river at its foot; and at frequent 
intervals ravines cut in the mountain side present a confusion of rocks 
and wood and water to the eye of the traveller as he flashes by. Traced 
back a little from their mouths, these glens often show a wealth of 
beauty, a succession of snowy cascades, transparent pools, and romantic 
nooks, which are an ever fresh surprise to the explorer. 

At Penn Haven, seven miles above Mauch Chunk, the " Lehigh Valley 
Railroad " connects with the " Mahanoy, Beaver Meadow, and Hazelton " 
Branches. The " Lehigh Valley" here crosses the river, and runs on the 
east bank to White Haven. 

Fifty years ago this whole valley was a wilderness, with one narrow 
wagon-road crawling at the base of the hills beside a mountain torrents 
which defied all attempts to navigate it. Now the mountain walls make 
room for two railroads and a canal ; but the tawny waters of the stream 
are nearly as free as ever. Here and thei'e, indeed, a curb restrains 
them ; and once an elaborate system of dams and locks tamed the wild 
river, and made it from Mauch Chunk to White Haven a succession of 
deep and tranquil pools. " But one day in 1SG2 the waters rose in their 
might. Every dam was broken, every restraint swept away ; and from 
White Haven to ^Nlauch Chunk the stream ran free once more. The 
memory of that fearful day is still fresh in the minds of the dwellers of 
the valley ; and the bed of the torrent is still strewn with the wrecks that 
went down before its wrath." . . . 

Nescopec Junction is a place of little importance ; but the 
" Nescopec Branch Railroad " leads nine miles into a valley filled with 
wild and picturesque scenery. 

This whole region is strange to the visitor. The valleys are deep, the 
precipices are bold and high, and the mountains steep. Even the waters 
rush with greater violence than in tamer countries. But the public will 
soon understand this scenery better. The artists, the pioneers of pleas- 
ure travel, have already heard of it, and each year visit it in increasing- 
numbers. Soon the tide will set up this valley, hotels will be in demand 
to meet it, and the press will herald its praises. 

Persons residing in our large cities hardly realize liow cjuickl}' and for 
how small a sum these romantic places can be enjoyed. The morning 
train from New York or Phihidelphia takes you to Mauch Chunk in 
season for dinner, — dinner steaming hot at the Mansion House. The 
" Switch-back " and Glen Ouoko can be visited in season to return at 
niffht. 



POPULAR RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 



49 



The subjoined description of the Nescopec region is from " Lippincott's 
Magazine : " — 

'•"We walked about a half-mile along a wood-road, struck into a foot- 




we were 
mendous 



on the 
abyss ; 



ji.ith, and 
followed it a hun- 
% dred yards or so, 
and without warn- 
ing walked out on 
a flat rock, from 
which we could at 
first see nothing 
but fog, lip. do\\Ti, 
or ai'ound. It was 
a misty morning; 
PROSPECT ROCK. but we made out 

Nescopec Valley. to luiderstaud that 

verge of a precipice, which fell sheer down into a tre- 
and when the fog lifted we looked out upon miles and 



50 



POPULAR RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 



miles of valleys, partly cleared, but principally covered with primeval 
forests. We were on Prospect Rock. 

" Presently our guide took us by a roundabout way to Cloud Point. 
This is a commanding projection on the other side of the glen ; and here 
a still wider view — another, yet the same — lay before us. There is 
something indescribably grand in the solitude of tliis scpue, — forests 




CLOUD POINT, UPPER LEHIGH. 

its pristine beauty and granduer. 



of giant trees lifting high 
their heads, in places, where 
growths for thousands of 
years have stood before, 
through which peer rough- 
visaged rocks which the 
hand of Time has failed to 
smooth. We gazed with de- 
light on the beautiful land- 
scape, then descended into 
Glen Thomas, a gem of 
scenic loveliness ; fresh in 



POrur-AR RESOIITS, AND HOW TO flEACII TIIEM. 



51 



'' Our visit was made on the first of May. We found here min- 
iature glaciers, formed by the water falling over 
the rocks, the ice three feet and more in thick- 
ness ; while not a hundred yards away May-flow- 
ers were blooming in fragrant abundance. This 
region is filled with an imtold wealth for the artist 
and lover of nature." And the time is not far 
distant when the travelling public, wearied by 
oft-repeated visits to old resorts, will demand the 
opening of these fresh and charming scenes. 

From White Haven to the " Summit," on the 
main line, the landscape is more tame : the soil is 
poor ; and the trees present that stunted appear- 
ance usual at high latitudes. But this brief 
respite tends to make the startling scenery 
through which the road soon passes 
even more effective. Having passed 
the crest of Wilkes Bari-e Mountain, 
the train glides rapidly down the 
opposite grade, and soon enters that 
wonderful gorge known as Solo- 
mon's Gap, the scene of the an- 
nexed engraving. This is the head 
of a system of planes by which 
loaded cars from the coal-fields be- 
low are raised by the Company of the 
Central Railroad of New Jersey. 

We get here the first glimpse of 
" Wyoming Valley," which we are ap- 
proaching at right angles. The Sus- 
quehanna can be seen in the valley, 
beyond which ranges of mountains 
rise in the h\\\e distance. In altitude 
we are far, far above the Wyoming 
Valley; and the construction of the 
road by which it was reached was a 
rare feat of engineering skill. It is 
but three miles in an air-line to the 
small village of Ashley, seen below; 

yet, to overcome the grade, for eighteen glen THOMAS. 

miles the cars glance along the mountain sides, following in its zigzag 
course its varied irregularities. 





I 2 3 4 

I'.nq'-aved expressly Jor Bachehter's " Popular Hemrtx, ami How to Reach Them" 



1. Lehigh Valley 

Railroad. 

2. Susquehanna. 



SOLOMON'S GAP. 



3. Ashley. 

4. Stationary Engine and 

Railroad ' Plane " 



POPULAR KKSOKTS, AND HOW TO KEACH THEM. 53 

We enter the gorge, and turn to the right, while across the valley can 
be seen the line of the "Lehigh Valley'' Road, which, having keptns 
company from Bethlehem, now turns around the point to the left, to 
meet us twenty minutes later at the town below. Tlie view from a 
half-mile below Solomon's Gai> is remarkable. (See engraving.) Its 
composition varies so decidedly from any witnessed in the Lehigli Val- 
ley, that it always awakens feelings of surprise and awe. Here, sur- 
rounded by scenes of the wildest grandeur, the beautiful A\'yoming 
Valley bursts like a flood of light suddenly upon you. The train glides 
smoothly on, the scene unfolds, and we are soon at Aside//, near the foot 
of the mountain. 

From Ashley, ninety miles from Easton, the " Nanticote Branch Rail- 
road " extends twelve miles to Nanticote. on the Susquehanna Kiver. 
Wilkes Barre, ninety-nine miles from Easton, is located in Luzerne 
County, in the Valley of Wyoming, on the north branch of the Susque- 
hanna. At this place visitors to the '• North ]Mountain House " change 
to the "Lackawanna and Bloomsburg" Road; but it will be better to 
spend the night at Wilkes Barre. Fortunately they will find at the 
" Wyoming Valley Hotel " a house replete with every thing necessary for 
the comfort of guests. It is pleasantly located on the banks of the Sus- 
quehanna, of which it commands some charming views. 

The town of Wilkes Barre possesses historical associations of rare 
interest : its tragic deeds have oft been the theme of the historian's pen 
and the poet's muse. It is also a well-built town, and its surroundings 
are pleasant; and it will, withal, prove an interesting place of sojourn 
for tourists. 

From Pittston, nine miles above Wilkes Barre, the road leaves the Sus- 
quehanna, and follows the course of the Lackawanna twelve miles, 
through Scranton to Green Ridge, where it connects with the "Delaware 
and Hudson Railroad "' for Cooperstown. Sharon, and Saratoga Springs, 
Albany, Lake (4eorge, Lake Champlain, ^Montreal, &c. 

" From New York and Philadelphia, the tourist to Saratoga, AVatkins 
Glen, Niagara Falls, and the West is, by this route, transported through 
a wild and picturesque region, comparatively unknown to toui'ists. Much 
of the scenery is unlike that of any other section of the country ; and, if 
only to gain a knowledge of the operation of the mammoth collieries of 
Pennsylvania, which have been scarcely alluded to in this article, it will 
amply repay an excursion on the ' Central Railroad of New Jersey,' its 
connections and branches.'' 



54 POPULAli IJESOUTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 

Doubling Gap "White Sulphur Springs. — " These springs are 
situated in, and take tlieir name from, a gap formed by the doubling of 
the Kittatinny Mountains, about thirty miles south-west of Ilarrisburg, 
Penn., and seven miles from Newville, in the great Cumberland Valley. 
The waters, which flow from two springs, — one sulphurous and the other 
chalybeate, — contain valuable remedial properties, recommended by high 
medical authority, for various diseases. They have long been frequented 
by visitors, and deservedly enjoy a high degree of popularity. ].,ocated 
on the verge of one of the most extensive and beautiful valleys in the 
United States, where the air is remarkably pure, and the adjacent moun- 
tains unsurpassed for picturesque attractiveness, they present many 
charms, aside from their healing and rejuvenating waters. There are 
several other sunnner resorts accessible by the Cumberland Valley Rail- 
road, such as the York Springs, four miles from Carlisle, and the Mt. 
Holly Springs, near the station of the same name. This entire region, 
in fact, is unsurpassed in natural beauty and historic interest; and no 
more delightful route could be selected for a summer journey than the 
Cumberland Valley, from the Susquehanna to the Potomac." 

Alexandria Bay. — "This American port, on the St. Lawrence, is 
built upon a massive pile of rocks, and occupies a romantic and highly 
picturesque situation. Some two or three miles below the village is a 
position from which one hundred islands can be seen at one view. It is 
in Jefferson County, X.Y., in immediate contiguity to the ' Thousand 
Islands,' which stretch themselves along the centre of the St. Lawrence 
lliver for a distance of forty miles below the termination of Lake Onta- 
rio. The steamboat ride from Cape Vincent to Alexandria Bay affords 
an excellent view of these islands, which are said to number between 
seventeen hundred and eighteen hundred. The river is about twelve 
miles wide, but is so closely studded with islands of all shapes and sizes, 
ranging from an acre to ten miles in length, that there really seems at 
times a difficulty in treading a channel through them. The water of the St. 
Lawrence is here of a bright green color, and beautifully clear. The islands 
are nearly all rocky, and thickly wooded; and the water in places so deep 
that the steamers could easily run within a few feet of some of the cliffs. 
Fishing and gunning among the islands are extremely good; and the region 
is much frequented by sportsmen, as well as by tourists in search of 
Nature's wonders and beauties. The lla[)ids of the St. Lawrence are 
reached a short distance below Alexandria Bay." 

Salem, Mass., was once famous for its witches, and is now notable 
for wealth and refinement. It also possessed an extensive I^ast India 
trade, which has been largely absorbed by Boston. It is reached by the 
"Eastern Road," and bv rail from Lowell. 



POPULAR RESORTS, AXD HOW TO REACH THEM. 55 

CAPE MAY. 

This old, established, and most justly celebrated watering-place is 
situated at the extreme southei-n point of New Jersey, on a narrow 
peninsula extending a distance of ten miles, bounded by the waters of 
the Atlantic Ocean on one side, and the Delaware Bay on the other. 

For more than half a century it has been the resort of persons seeking 
health and pleasure during the heated term of the summer months. 

The perfect safety of the surf-bathing, and the firmness of its broad, 
even, and luibroken beach, are unequalled at any other seaside resort. 

The difficulty in reaching Caj)e Mai/ 2:)revented for many years the 
rapid improvements its admirable location seemed to wai'rant, until the 
West-Jersey Railroad Company, appreciating the immense advan- 
tages to be gained, have from time to time extended their lines, and in 
1863 02:)ened an all-rail route from Philadelphia. 

Pleasure tourists, at once becoming acquainted with the facilities thus 
afforded, flocked to the Cape. Property increased in value; handsome 
and costly cottages were erected, large and connnodious hotels built, 
novelties introduced ; and great improvements were manifest. 

The Railroad Company did not confine its efforts merely to building 
the road, but aided generously with its capital, not only individual enter- 
prises, but those to develop the natural advantages of the place. 

It now became the resort for the ellle and fashionables of Baltimore, 
Washington, Pittsburg, and Philadelphia; and, among its many regular 
sojourners, Chicago, St. Louis, New- Orleans, and San Francisco have 
their representatives. 

The hotels at this most popular watei'ing-place are conducted in every 
manner equal to the principal hotels of our lai'gest cities : the leading 
houses, the ".S7or^7o/i," ''■Congress Hull,'" and '■'■Columbia " each accommo- 
dating comfortably from one thousand to twelve hundred guests. 

The Stockton Hotel, under the management of Charles Duffy, Esq., of 
the Continental Hotel, Philadelphia, is without doubt the most attractive 
and commodious house to be found at any of our seaside resorts ; and, as 
a combination of mechanical and architectural beauty, it cannot be sm- 
passed. 

It is situated within seventy feet of the surf, directly facing the ocean, 
with a frontage of two hundred and ninety-three feet and a depth of 
three hundred and ninety-four feet, the wings on either side being fifty 
feet wide. The porticos are fourteen hundred feet long and twenty feet 
wide ; forming a grand unbroken promenade, covered by an immense 
roof supported by majestic, towering pillars, sixty feet in height. 

The Main Entrance Hall, or Rotunda — in which are situated the 
Office, and stairway of massive and handsome black-walnut — is one 



56 



POPULAR RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 



hundred feet long by fifty feet Avide. forming a beautiful colonnade, 
separating the Office from the princii^al stairway. 

The capacious Dining Hall, immediately adjoining the Rotunda, is 
capable of seating twelve hundred persons, it having a depth of two 

hundred and 
eighty feet, and 
width of sixty 
feet ; while the 
high windows, 
o ]i e n i n g from 
ceiling to floor, 
directly facing 
the ocean, admit 
at all times an in- 
vigorating sea- 
breeze. 

The principal 
Parlor, fifty feet 
square, is situ- 
ated at the ex- 
treme southern 
end, next the 
ocean, and is most 
elegantly fur- 
nished A\' i t h 
heavy, elaborate- 
ly carved, and 
handsome black- 
walnut furniture, 
lace curtains, 
mirrors extend- 
ing from floor to 
ceiling, a Stein- 
way Grand Pi- 
ano, &c. 

Reception 
Rooms, Drawing 
Rooms, Private 
PHILADELPHIA TO CAPE MAY. Parlors, Reading 

Rooms, Restaurants, &c., all furnished in the same gorgeous style, oc- 
cupy the remainder of the ground floor. The building is four stories 
in height. The second, third, and fourth floors are divided into suites of 
rooms, and single sleeping-apartments. 




POPULAR KESOKTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 



57 



The same exquisite taste displayed in the parlor furniture is percepti- 
ble in the furnishing of every room in the hotel ; and — what is of rare 
occurrence in hotels — a magnificent large wardrobe can be found in 
every sleeping-apartment of this vast edifice. 

An improved steam elevator carries guests from the main hall to each 
floor. 

The Hotel has over eight hundred bath-houses for the accommodation 
of its guests. 

It requires a constant force of over four hundred employe's to thor- 




^--^ IlitetfcHUittjL 



STOCKTON HALL, CAPE MAY, N.J. 






oughly manage the workings of this mammoth establishment; and, 
during the months of July and August of 1873, over thirty-five thousand 
guests were accommodated, aside from the transient daily business. 

The appearance of the " Stockton," rising high above all other build- 
ings of the Cape, together with its close proximity to the sea, is grand, 
majestic, and imposing; and from its large and airy rooms a splendid 
view, for miles, of the ocean, bay, and adjacent country, is pi'esented. 

A fine Band of Music, consisting of some twenty-five performers, dis- 
courses choice selections of the popular operas and composers. 

Cape May can be reached direct from New York and Philadelphia by 
rail, via the Pennsylvania and West-Jersey Railroa Is. 

Palace-cars are run through from New York without change. Three 
express-trains are run daily from Philadelphia, the time being about 
two and one-half hours. 



58 



POPULAR KESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 



ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. 




a 1.1,1 



This " City by the Sea " is on the 
New Jersey coast, sixty miles south- 
east from Philadelphia, and is 
Sa reached in less than two hours, in 
luxurious cars, by the Camden and Atlantic Railroad. This is 
the shortest route to the seashore by over twenty miles. Six trains 
daily, with two extras on Saturdays, carry their heavy burthens to this 
cool and healthful summer-resort. Woodruff parlor-cars are attached 
to all express-trains, which make but one stop on the way (at Hammon- 
ton, a New England settlement), then hurry onward to the sea, passing by 
the way the wine-producing settlement oiEf/g Harbor City, and the inland 
marine village of Abi^econ, famed for its fine oysters. Here the scene 
changes, and broad green meadows cfpen upon the view, while in the dis- 
tance, six or seven miles ahead, Atlantic City is plainly seen, with its 
towers and spires, its cupolas and lighthouse. A new life is awakened on 
the train: the city, which is not again lost to view, is the subject of 
attention. Now the bridge which spans the "thoroughfare" is crossed; 
and soon the long train glides into one of the fine avenues, where, by 
an admii'able arrangement, tourists are left at the door of any of 



POPUr.AR RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 



59 




the principal hotels. A 
gay scene welcomes the 
arrival. The piazzas; 
verandas, and lawns of 
hotels, boarding-houses, 
and cottages, are filled 
with summer visitors, 
each anxious to discover 
some coming friend; 
while carriages dash to 
and fro, bands of music 
fill the air with melody, 
and the scene presents a 
happy combination of life, 
animation, and happiness. 
The observant A'isitor 
needs but a glance to con- 
vince him that he has 
reached a prosjierous and 
well-ordered community. 
He sees broad, level, and 
w e 1 1 - g r a d e d avenues, 
stretching away on either 
side, bordered by shaded 
walks, and lined with 
buildings of every vari- 
ety, from the trim cot- 
tage to the extensive 
summer hotel. Horse- 
cars, street-lamps, uni- 
formed police, all help to 
assure him, by their pres- 
ence, that Atlantic City 
is a city indeed. The 
success which has fol- 
lowed the establishment 
of this mammoth sum- 
mer-resort is remarkable. 
Twenty years has made 
it attractive and famous. 
Its hundredormorehotels 
and boarding-houses fur- 
nish accommodations for 



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POPULAR RESOKTS, AXB HOW TO REACH THEM. 



forty thousand visitors ; 
and, although the number 
of houses is constantly 
increasing, they are taxed 
to their utmost capacity. 
Cottages, combining ele- 
gance and comfort, adorn- 
ed by shade-trees and 
flowers, are springing up 
with great rapidity. 

The location of Atlan- 
tic City presents unrival- 
led facilities for aquatic 
sports. AbsecoH Inht is 
on the north, and Great 
Egg Harbor is on the 
south ; quiet bays cover 
the rear, while gran4 old 
ocean rolls in front. Ab- 
secon Inlet is a favorite 
resort, and of convenient 
access. It is reached by 
a pleasant walk along 
the beach, or, for such as 
prefer, by the horse-cars, 
which traverse the city 
from end to end. Sail- 
ing and fishing are the 
attractive amusements, 
for which every facility 
is afforded : numerous 
fishing-boats, with tackle 
complete, will be found 
ready to take parties im- 
mediately to the fishing- 
grounds ; and white- 
winged yachts, in charge 
of experienced boatmen, 
to sail on the quiet bays, 
or start for a dash 
through old ocean's 
briny spray. Many 
others seek entertain- 




POPULAR EESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 



61 




ment in driving, and, in 
fashionable equipages, 
dash across the hardened 
beach, which for ten 
miles extends along the 
coast. 

Two miles of fine plank 
walk have been construct- 
ed for the use of guests, 
where crowds of visitors 
promenade, or, seated in 
the many pavilions which 
dot the scene, -sa atch the 
sportive games of the 
bathers, thousands of 
whom daily enjo}' that 
exhilarating sjiort. 

For those who prefer 
indoor bathing, Atlantic 
City has facilities pos- 
sessed by no other sea- 
side resort, namely, liot 
sca-icalcr baths. Even in 
the heart of the city an 
establishment has been 
erected, with fifty-three 
of these bath-rooms, ar- 
ranged for hot and cold 
water, drawn direct from 
the ocean. These baths 
have attracted the espe- 
cial attention of the 
medical profession. Dr. 
Keating, an eminent phy- 
sician of Philadelphia, 
thus writes of their ad- 
vantages • — 

•' Already have the 
wants of a clas.s of invalids 
been provided for in the 
erection of a large and 
commodious bathing-es- 
tablishment, on a scale 



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POPULAR RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 



unequalled in this country, 
where the paralyzed, the 
weak and timid, can all en- 
joy the inestimable bene- 
fits arising from hot and 
cold salt-baths and show- 
er-baths. Medical men 
alone can estimate the 
value of such an enter- 
prise ; and it is not difficult 
to predict the result to a 
class of invalids who have 
hitherto been precluded, 
by their very condition, 
from deriving much bene- 
fit from a sea-side resi- 
dence." 

The air of Atlantic 
City has a dryness pecu- 
liar and remarkable, and 
is highly recommend- 
ed for its healthfulness 
by the physicians of 
Philadelphia. On this 
subject Dr. Keating- 
writes as follows : — 

" Some fifteen years 
since I visited Atlantic 
City; and, with many 
others, * I was struck 
with the peculiarity of its 
position, the distinctive 
characteristics of its cli- 
mate, the singular dry- 
ness of its atmosphere, 
rendering it in many 
respects one of the most 
lovely, salubrious cli- 
mates I have ever vis- 
ited 

* Among the many eminent 
medical men who have in- 
dorsed my views, I am proud 
to name the late Professor 
Jackson, of the University of 
Pennsylvania, whose far-see- 





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64 POPia.AU KESORTS, AXI) now TO KEACH THEM. 

Bedford Springs- — " No place of summer resort in America enjoys 
a higher reputation for health-restoring properties than these springs, 
which are situated in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, one mile south of 
the town of Bedford. Their waters are classified as jjun/atire-chalf/heale, 
and in their properties resemble the springs of Franzensbad, in Bohemia, 
and several other celebrated spas of Europe, where the )iiineral mtul-hath 
is used with great advantage in cases of paralysis, rheumatism, and gout. 
, . . The waters are recommended for a wide range of diseases, includ- 
ing those of the liver, the kidneys, and the skin, and for some of these 
ailments are pronounced absolute specifics. . . . 

"The springs were discovered in 1804, and the following year were fre- 
quented by persons afflicted with diseases, who encamped in the valley 
to be near the newly-discovered fountain of health. Not long aftei'ward 
accommodations were provided for visitors ; and for three-score years they 
have regularly drawn a large number of health and pleasure seekers. 
The natural beauty of the valley where the springs burst forth is great ; 
and it seems to have been formed by nature as a retreat for wearied and 
suffering humanity. High hills surround it, ascended by terraced walks ; 
and from their summits pleasing vistas open. From the elevated posi- 
tion of these springs among the ranges of the Alleghany INIountains, and 
the dense forest growth surrounding them, the atmosphere is always 
deliciously cool ; and doubtless much of the benefit derived by visitors is 
owing to the fact that no suffering is experienced from the midsummer 
sun, and that refreshing sleep can always be enjoyed." 

Bellows Falls, Vt. Bellows Falls, or. as might more properly be 
said, cataract, forms an object worthy the attention of the sight-seer. It 
consists of a channel fifty feet in width, cut far down into the solid rock, 
through which the waters of the Connecticut rivers rush. A descent of 
fifty feet is made during the passage over whicli the river tumbles and 
foams. The scenery in the vicinity is fine, both in richness and variety. 
Bellows Falls may be reached by any of the railroad lines which strike 
the Connecticut River above or below. 

Front's Neck, or Libbey's Neck, Me., is a capital place for the 
tribe who have nautical tastes, and love the pleasures found by "the 
shores of the sounding sea." 

Old Orchard Beach, on the margin of Saco, is as inviting perhaps 
as any place named in this work, and, when its accommodations are 
as good, may acquire as great populai'ity. It is just rural enough, city 
enough, and homelike when one is fairly settled down, to make a most 
delicious source of daily pleasure. It is reached by the " Boston and 
Maine Railroad." (See cut in that article.) 



POPULAR KESOP.TS, AND HOW TO KEACH THE:M. 65 

Portland, Me., although not a city for summer rest, but one from wliicli 
the people pilgrimate in the sweltering months, is far from deheient in local 
beauties and sights. The traveller who concludes to " do " Portland will 
find rich materials for his sketch-book and his notations. In fact, if it 
were not a large city it would be a thronged home of the pleasure-seekers. 
Its being on the line of travel to the British Provinces gives it great ad- 
vantages as a halting-place, from which to read up the various attractions 
offered, and the routes leading to them. This important centre for de- 
parture is reached by the " Eastern " and by the " Boston and jNlaine " 
Roads from Boston, the '• Portland and Ogdensburg," the '• Portland and 
Rochester,'' and is the Atlantic terminus of the "Grand Trunk." 

Cushing's Island, in Portland Harbor, is a charming icsort. and 
should have a day or two of visit if possible. It is a drowsy, dreamy sort 
of place, and good for those who have been over-eager and hurried with 
excitements. It is a sure sedative for disturbed ner\es. 

The Genesee Falls, N.Y., at Rochester, is one of those wild and 
romantic assemblages of water battles with rocky obstructions, which are 
ever novel and of exciting interest, — wonderfully enhanced, in the 
Genesee, from the skilful mastery of its tui-bulence, l)y the hand of art 
and scientific devices. 

Sharon Springs, N.Y., have a high name for their health-restoring 
waters. Reached by stage from New York Central Railroad at Palatine 
Bridge. 

A visit to Taghkanic Falls, N.Y., will find a magnificent plunge, of 
more than two liundred feet, by a wildly tossing coluum of water, in 
vast volume, and rivalling even Niagara itself in some of its grander 
features. It is an object of much interest to naturalists. By boat from 
Cayuga, N.Y. 

Portsmouth, N.H., has proved an admirable place fi'om which to 
emigrate. It has one of the best harbors, rears the smartest of men and 
most charming of women : but the city persists in not growing in popu- 
lation. It is a grand centre or starting-point, however, from which to 
visit a vast number of famed and delightful spots ; and it wears a 
thronged and busy air during the hot months. It is convenient, also, as 
a '-roost" for travelling birds. Go by the "Eastern Railroad." 

Frost's Point, near Portsmouth, N.II., is a very pleasant [ilace, and 
has a local popularity. 



66 POPUI.AH RKSOKTS, AND H()W TO UEA(;II IHKM. 

WESTERN TRAVEL. 

Gibbon the historian dwells jjlowingly on the highway from end to 
end of the Roman world; that is. from Glasgow to Jerusalem, a distance 
of 3,709 miles. But this stupendous work was only one-twelfth the 
length of the present railroad system of th • United States, and was not 
much longer than the miles of track already laid down in Iowa. 

Railroads were in the outset far less perfect, while more complicated 
and costly, than they have since become. The law of progress has gov- 
erned them, as it indeed governs every thing. Some Western roads have 
profited by Eastern experience, and from their beginning have introduced 
those modern appliances for reducing the rifkfi of travel in a ininiinum, and 
the comfort to a maximuin. 

Specimens of such improvements are the Miller Platform and Coupler, 
Westinghouse Safety Air Bi'ake (which would have prevented many of 
the fearful railway catastrophes which sicken the heart), the Pullman 
Sleeping and Dining-room Cars, and Passenger Coaches, running through 
from cities widely distant. Travellers froui Kuro[)e and the far East 
wonder at seeing these things beyond the lianks of the .Mississippi. 

The Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad, which extends 
from Chicago to several terminal jtoints on the Missouri River, is a good 
illustration of a complete highway. 'I'his road crosses the Mississippi at 
Burlington, on one of the fine.st iron bridges in the world. 

No expense' has been spared in its construction. Its length is 2,237 
feet, resting on piers of solid nuisonry 18x155 feet at the bottom, and 
9x23 at the top, and rising twelve feet above the highest water-mark 
known. From Burlington the road extends westward to Leavenworth, 
Atchison, Kansas City, St. Joseph, Plattsmouth, Nebraska City, and 
Omaha; at the latter point making direct and close connection witli the 
" Union Pacific " for San Francisco and the Territories. The Hotel Car, 
most convenient of all modern inducements to travellers, is constantly in 
use on this line; also the celebrated Pullman Sleeping-Car, wherein the 
traveller can sleep as comfortably while travelling at the rate of thirty 
miles an hour as in his own bed at home. It is these adjuncts of travel 
that make this the favorite route across the continent, a trip which should 
be taken by all who desire to know more of the customs and scenery of 
the great and growing West. 

Assumingthat the traveller is familiar with the route as far as Chicago, 
or at least that he knows how to get there, let him on any fine morning 
take the 10.15 train on the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad, 
than which there w no better in the counir;/, en route for San Francisco. For 
the first few miles he will be surprised and delighted with the large 
number of suburban t(jwns. and the completeness of their construction 
and adornment. Some rival the suburbs of our Eastern cities. 



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67 



llw " Illinois Central Railroad" crosses our route at Mendota, which place 
we reaeli after three hours' ride. Here dinner awaits us, the quality and 
abundance of which are anions t'he noticeable features; and, what is better 
than all, we have a plenty of time in which to discuss it. Again we are 
en route ; and the train is whirled along an iniineuse prairie region, 
through fields of corn, studded with enterprising towns and thriving 
farms. At (i, I'.m., we reach (ialesburg ; yet so evenly ballasted is this 
road that we have not yet thought of fatigue. Galesburg seems like a 
New England town, magically transjtlanted to a Western State. The 
society also is said to be unexceptionable; and few places East or West 
exliibit more taste or retinement. 

Here a 
Hotel Car is 
attached to 
the train. 
The safety, 
pleasure, and 
comforts of 
il railroad 
t r av e 1 have 
been wonder- 
fully i rn- 
proved dur- 
ing the last 
few years.but 
this, one of 
the latest, 
will luiques- 
tionably be 
pronounced 
the liast of 
the comfort- 
seeking in- 
ventions yet 

jiroduced. For the extremely Icjw sum of seventy-five cents the wants 
of "the inner man" are supplied, — broiled steak and quail, and cakes 
smoking hot, and no cry of "All aboard!" from the conductor. In a 
word, while moving without exertion through the air like a bird of 
l)assage, we eat, drink and sleep, surrounded by the luxuriant ease and 
comforts of home ; and passengers thus sumptuously regaled are lost to 
distance. With the setting sun we find ourselves a]>proaching the 
Mississippi, " the Father of Rivers." It is here spanned by another of 
those splendid iron bridges, across which we glide to the city of Bui- 




PLEASANT VALLEY, 
Pacific R.R. 



68 POPULAR RESORTS, AXD HOW TO REACH THEM. 

lington. With what a feeling of confidence we cross the mighty stream ! 
Not a jar mars the pleasure of the passage. Burlington is one of the 
most enterprising and thriving cities of the AVest ; and its location is un- 
exceptional. With the closing darkness we leave the city behind ; and, as 
the curtains of night shut out the rich landscape, we draw our own 
curtains about us, and resign ourselves to a night of rest, and with our 
closing thoughts ask blessings for the man that invented the Pullman 
Sleeping-Car. The morning finds us at Council Bluffs, on the east bank 
of the Missouri, five hundred miles west from Chicago. We have 
crossed the fertile State of Iowa. At 11. a.m.. we pass the river, still 
borne by a magnificent iron bridge, to Omaha, liere we strike the line 
of the "Union Pacific Railroad;" and four days hence, transjjorted 
through scenes unequalled on the continent, without leaving the car, we 
are safely landed on the Pacific coast. 

Mount Desert, Me., is the rising star of ^Maine's attractions for the 
summer-home seekers. Apart from any little side-shows which may 
have been put up in the papers from time to time by shrewd and calcu- 
lating capitalists, Mount Desert has gifts that are all its own, and such as 
will continue to swell its fame as years progress, and its charms become 
revealed. Its area is reckoned at about a hundred square miles ; and it is, 
therefore, quite a little world in itself. The island might aptly be 
likened to a lot of marbles dropped from the pocket of a giant, provided 
a giant's marbles were small mountains. At least, the more notable and 
striking portions of the island are made up of a group of mountains 
huddled together, and of a singularly wild grandeur. Upon one portion 
there is a sheer and almost vertical descent of rock, nearly a thousand 
feet from the brink to the deep water below: and the progress of the 
explorer is constantly met by changes and surprises of panoramic and 
kaleidoscopic beauty. Much fine soil is found, and is considerably culti- 
vated ; but the inhabitants are chiefly absorbed in fish-catching. Portions 
of Mount Desert are still primeval in their solitudes ; and Jvature ye-t pre- 
vails in her simplicity and i>eculiar sovereignty. Hence wild game may 
still be hunted; and sylvan streams are enriched by great numbers of the 
gamey trout. The indications within a few years are unmistakable that 
Mount Desert will take a rank among the families of the wealthy and 
fashionable second to none on the coast, or even the continent. As soon 
as the needed capital determines to invest, and the newspapers open their 
trumpet throats to proclaim Mount Desert and "all about it," the armies 
of summer pilgrims will commence the mighty march to grand and 
glorious Mount Desert. " Boston and Maine "' or " Eastern Railroad " to 
Portland, and thence by steamers of the Portland, Bangor, and INIachias 
Steamboat Company. ' 



POPILAK RESOKT8, AND HOW TO ItEACH THEM. (lO 

Lynn, Mass., is a busy and thriving city, famed as the leading shoe- 
manufacturing place on the continent. A lofty and commanding emi- 
nence called High Rock, from which a singularly picturesque view is 
obtained, is the chief point of attraction to the traveller. The " Eastern 
Railroad" and horse-cai's from Boston pass through the city. 

Swampscott, adjoining Lynn, is a favorite with the wealthy classes 
of Boston and neighboring cities, and has numerous costly and elaborate 
summer residences. The chief industry of the place is fishing; and a 
very clevei-^additiou to the season's profits is made by letting rooms and 
dwellings during the summer months. It is accessible by the "Eastern 
Railroad," and horse-cars from Boston. 

Deer Isle, just at Penobscot Bay, is notably famous for its healthful 
atmosphere, of v.hich some remarkable stories are told. Deer Isle has 
won considerable reputation among a certain class, who are satisfied with 
plain living, Avholesome food, good, pure air, and freedom from formal 
restraints. Reached from Portland, "Sle. 

Seneca Falls, N.Y., which are the outlet of Seneca Lake, may be 
studied en roiile to a sojourn at the charming lake. The whole region is 
replete with novelties and striking objects. It is said that the lake never 
freezes over. However this may be in winter, it is certain that its playful 
charms are all open and unsealed in sunnner. By steam-cars from 
Cayuga, X.Y. See description "Northern Central 11.11." 

Suspension Bridge, w hich is regarded as one of the world's won- 
ders, and safely spans the fierce currents of Niagara, will not be omitted 
by any traveller whose course lies in that famed region. It is eight hun- 
dred feet long, and about two hundred and sixty feet above the Hood. 
The New York Central, Erie, and Great Western trains cross this structure. 

Casco Bay, Me., the musical waters whereof sing sweet songs, even up 
to the margin of the discordant city, — Casco Bay seems expressly formed 
for the lovers of the romantic, the beautiful, and the wonderful. Here 
Nature has nestled the charms of the sea and of the land in almost every 
variety, — in miniature continents, rivers, hills, valleys, bluffs, beaches, 
wild rocks, soft verdure, fragrant flowers, and birds of richest plumage 
and sweetest song. Indeed, the dullest nature is moved with unwonted 
stirrings, approaching the poetic; and the man of sensibility feels a 
pleasui-e rarely found, and all the more keen that tiie noisy and disorderly 
crowd have not yet invaded this undefiled paradise of tlie sea and siiore. 
Whoever cannot find true satisfaction amid the beauties of Casco Bay 
must be made of the cheapest and poorest mortal clay. 



70 I'OI'I'I.Ai: KKSOKTS, AND HOW fO i;E\(ll TIIKM. 

Sharon Springs "slionld also be visited while luakiiiii; tlii.s trip. 
This favorite resort is in Schoharie County, New York. Tlie village is 
delightfully located 'in a valley on a hill,' and is surrounded by attrac- 
tive scenery, through which are lovely drives and promenades. Sulphur, 
magnesia, and chalybeate springs gush out within a s])ace of a few rods 
of each other; and their iiealing virtues have been known for more than 
half a century, — particularly for their effect in cutaneous disorders. 
From the village a grand and beautiful prospect opens to tlie north and 
east, embracing hills, woods, villages, and streams like silver threads, 
closely resembling a gorgeous piece of tapestry. Within e!^y distance 
is Tekaharawa Falls, caused by a small brook precipitating itself 
over a wall of rock, in a secluded hendock ravine, a distance of one 
hundred and fifty feet ; and, twenty miles away, by railroad, is Howe's 
Cave, — a wonderful natural curiosity, which has been explored for 
seven miles." 

"Wells Beach — we are now in Maine -^ is a very long, tine, and firm 
di"ive-way, which gives considerable popidarity to it as a summer resort. 
But the gunners go there to drive the sea-fowl to remoter and less noisy 
beaches, free from fine guns and poor shots ; and the fishermen to practise 
their favorite anuisement. The " lioston and Maine Kailroad " pa.sses 
near. 

Little Boar's Heid, North Hampton, N.M., is a connecting link 
between Hampton ami Rye Beaches, it would be famous but for the 
su])e)-iority of its great rival, Boai''s Head. It is ;i projection, also, into 
the sea, but of a lesser altitude. These marked spots, adjacent to such 
grand beaches as Hampton and Kye, are assured of a constant po]iularity. 
It is a favorite summer resort for families of taste and refinement. 
The sea-view fi'om the two promontories i-eaches out far beyond the 
famous Isles of Shoals. The trip is made by the •• Kasteru Railroad." 

Stonington, R. I. — Although Stonington po.sse.sses considerable 
reputation as a summer resort, it is better known to the travelling 
public as the New England terminus of the Stonington l.,ine of Sound 
Steamers, which by their stanch construction and admirable manage- 
ment have won for themselves a position second to none of the nu- 
merous fleet of coast-wise boats from New York. 

Newburyport, Mass., is an ancient but pleasant city as a residence; 
but its commercial trade has been ab.sorbed by Boston. 

Plum Island, a few miles from Newburyport, possesses a local repu- 
tation. It is a favorite place for camping out by tiie sea ; but it is, in 
the nuiin, a great sand farm. 



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71 



Route from Washington and the South, through Balti- 
more, Harrisburg, WilHamsport, and Elmira, 
to Watkins Glen and Niagar-a Falls. 




WASHINGTON, D.C., FROM ARLINGTON HEIGHTS. 

A Bihd's-eyk view of the nietropolis of tiu* nation, from a spot as- 
sociated with so many historic memories, can scarcely fail to interest the 
tourist. Beneath the central dome of the picture are supposed to con- 
gregate the assembled wisdom of the nation, drawn to Washington to 
deliberate upon the important questions of the day. Here, too, assemble 
the beauty and gayety of the country, whose encouraging presence gives 
zest to the debate, and whose cheering hospitality gives relief from the 
labors of the hour. 

Thk Capitol stands on an eminence ninety feet above tide-water. 
The site was selected by George Washington; and the corner-stone 
was laid by him Sept. 18, 1793. It was first occupied by Congress on 
the third Monday of November, 1800. On the 2-lth of August, 1814, 
the interior was destroyed by fire by British troops. In 1850 Congress 
voted an extension, the corner-stone of which was laid by Pi-esident Fill- 
more, July 4, 1851. The statue of America, which surmounts the 
present dome, is two hundred and ninety-six feet and six inches above 
the ground. The plan of the city embodies two sets of streets, one set 
running with the four frt;v/(«a/ ^Wn/s, across which the avenufs run diago- 
nally. 



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POPULAR PvESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 



The stranger should also visit the Executive jMausion ; State, Treasury, 
War, Navy, Post-Office, and Interior Departments ; Patent Office ; Smith- 
sonian Institute, &c. 

In times past a visit to ^Vashington from remote sections of the coun- 
try was an event of no ordinary character. Weeks were consumed in 
performing what a few hours will now accomplish. Perhaps the most 
important improvement of recent date is the completion of the Balti- 
more and Potomac Railway, by the Northern Central, and its 
great ally the Pennsylvania Railroad, from Baltimore through 
WasJiiiir/ton to Qiuuttico, Va., a point of junction with the "Richmond, 
Fredericksburg, and Potomac" Railroad, securing an unbroken railway 
connection with the South Atlantic and Gulf States, the North, and the 
Great AV'est. 

This line connects 
with the Northern Cen- 
tral, by tunnel through 
I>altimore, at the north- 
ern limit of the city. 
Here also connection is 
made with the Union 
llailroad, designed as a 
CI mnecting link with the 
I'hiladelphia. Wilming- 
^jj ton, and Baltimore Rail- 
road, and through it with 
the railroad system of 
the Middle and New- 
England States, by which 
trains now pass through 
Baltimore without the 
aid of horses. 




ENTRANCE TO BALTIMORI TUNNEL. 

The Northern Central Railroad, which commences at Baltimore, 
and runs almost due north through iNIaryland and Pennsylvania, penetrat- 
ing into the State of New York as far as Canandaigua, offers to the tourist 
and traveller a variety of beautiful scenery unsurpassed on the American 
Continent. 

The Excursion. 

Leaving Baltimore at 7.30 in the morning, provided with elegant 
coaches, Westinghouse air-brakes, and all the modern appliances which 



POPULAR RESOPvTS, AND IIOAV TO REACH THEM. 



FROM THE TIDE WATERS OF THE SOUTH 



add to the comfort or safety of the passenger, we move through the 
northern suburbs of the city, and pass along "Jones Falls," a small 
stream, seemingly 
insignificant as it creeps 
lazily over its rocky 
bed, but which has 
caused the city fathers 
of Baltimore much 
anxiety as to "what 
they will do with it." 
Seven miles from Bal- 
timore we break sud- 
denly upon " L a k e 
Roland," a small but 
beautiful sheet of 
water, the source from 
which a populous city 
draws its supply. For 
twenty miles we pass 
through a rich 1 i m e- 
stone valley, where the 
abun-dant crops give 
token of the richness 
of the soil. The road to the picturesque regions of the north. 
follows the tortuous course of the stream, affording at every turn new 
and pleasing views. Thirty-five miles from Baltimore we cross the 
Maryland line, and enter Pennsylvania. Passing through a rich agricul- 
tural district, filled with substantial farm-houses and small villages 
we arrive at Hanover Junction. At this point connection is made with 
the railroad to Gettysburg, thirty miles distant, where that memorable 
battle was fought that obtained for it the name of the " Waterloo of 
America," and which will make it a place of interest for all time. 

Soon after leaving Hanover Junction the spires of the borough of 
York are seen in the distance. We are Avhirled rapidly along, now and 
again catching glimpses of the substantially built portion of the town. 
York is a thriving borough of some twelve thousand inhabitants, the 
county-seat of York County, and the centre of a rich farming district. 

During the invasion of Pennsylvania in June, ISGo, it was laid un- 
der contribution by Gen. Early. Twelve bridges on the line of the 
Northern Central Road were burned at the same time, and nineteen on 
the " Wrightsville Branch," which extends from York to Wrightsville, 
and thence by the " Columbia l^ranch " to Lancaster, where connection is 
made with the Pennsylvania I'ailroad. 




POI'ULAK KKSOHTS, AND HOW TO KEAC'H THKM. 



After a stop at York of five minutes we are away again ; and ere long 
we reach tJie banks of tlie beautiful Susquehanna. On we speed, the 
noble river on our right flowing calmly onward to the sea. We are now 
approaching Ilarrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania. The river, as we 
glide along its banks, with its attractive scenery, its islands and rocks, 
with the town beyond, affords a view of unusual l)eauty. 

THE SUSQUEHANNA. 




The nu- 
merous is- 
lands and 
huge mass- *' 

es of rock with which the broad bosom 
of the river is studded lend the charm 
of variety to the scenery. Xow and 
again long bridges span the noble 
stream; villages are seen on the ojiposite shore 
fifty miles we have a chiingiiig ])anorami» 
scenery. 

Harrisburg is reached l)y the Northern Central, over a bridge a mile 
in length ; the trains running on the top. Nothing obstructs the pros- 
pect up or down the river ; and the slow rate of speed allow s a good five 



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75 



minutes' view of rare loveliness from a car window. Ilarrisburg is the point 
of connection with the "Pennsylvania," the '• Cumberland Valley," and 
the "Philadelphia and Reading" Railroads. Here a magnificent Pullman 
Parlor Car is added to our train, and a coach from Philadelphia. These 
are run daily between Philadelphia, and Watkins and Roelipst -r, N.Y. 




HARRISBURG PA 
Northern Central Railroad. 

The city of Ifarrishurr/ is pleasantly located, over- 
looking the Susquehanna, which is here spanned 
by two fine bridges a mile in length, connecting 
Harri.sburg with Bridf/cport, from which point tlie 
above view was sketched. 

Having made connection with the train from 
Philadelphia, we again continue our course up th' 
banks of the Susquehanna. The scenery is one un- 

broken panorama of loveliness. — a combination of iJ'"- '"''2/^ ,. 

views, either of which would make the reputation of any popular resort. 
Approaching SunJjiiri/, the conductor calls out, " Passengers for Shamo- 
khi, Mt. Carmel, &c., change cars." This is the terminus of the main 



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POPULAR RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 



line of the Northern Central Railway, one hundred and thirtj'-eight 
miles from Baltimore; and here connection is made with the "Philadel- 
phia and the Erie " Railroad, extending in a northwesterly direction 
through Pennsylvania to Erie, a distance of two hundred and eighty- 
eight miles. This road, forty miles of which unite the main line of the 
Northern Central with its leased roads north of ^Villiamsport, is leased 
and operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad. From Sunbury we pass 
up the valley of the West Branch of the Susquehanna to ^V'illiams- 
port. A sumptuous dinner awaits us at the •■ Herdic House," which is 
one of the best hotels in Pennsylvania. Fifty-two miles aboA'e we reach 
Reiiooa Sprinys, a resort of great beauty and growing popularity. 




RENOVA HOUSE. 

At Wllliamf<port the " Northern Central "' road leaves the Susquehanna, 
continuing northward up Li/comin;/ Creek\ which it crosses nineteen times 
in twenty-six miles. High hills broken into a thousand forms hem it in, 
many rising into mountain-peaks which cut sharply against the sky. 
Waterfalls spring from their rugged sides, and are lost in the tangled 
growth below. The valley is narrow^ in places a mere canon, yet rich in 
the washings of ages. Ralston is the first place of note on this division. 

The cool and invigorating atmosphere, the grand scenery, excellent 
trout-fishing, and good fare have already secured for this locality an 
unusually large number of guests during the summer months. 



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77 



This is a good illustration of the scenery in the vicinity. This stream 
is famous for the number, variety, and beauty of its waterfalls. The 
whole region pos- 
sesses great attrac- 
tions for the artist 
and lover of nature. 
It is also noted for the 
number of its trout 
brooks and abuntlancc 
of fish, affording an 
excellent opportunity 
for the follower of 
Izaak Walton to be- 
guile the lonely hours 
far away from the 
haunts of men ; also an 
abundance of deer and 
other game in their 
season. Is it sti'ange. 
then, that this pic- 
turesque region is 
rapidly growing in 
favor with tourists 
and pleasure-seekers ? 

Four miles above 
Ralston we reach 
Roarinfj Creek, a name 
significant of the wild 
scenery of the neigh- 
borhood. A good ho- 
tel fui'uishes accom- 
modations for visitors. 
A more productive 
soil covers the hills : many are cultivated far up their slopes. Occa- 
sionally wild torrents are seen hurrying down the mountain sides, at 
places forming beautiful cascades. We are nearing the summit : the 
country opens; and broader fields meet the eye. The water with the de- 
scending grade now turns northward ; and the train flies rapidly on. 
The village of Cnnlon is next reached. We have now fairly left the 
mountains: broad cultivated fields stretch far up the neighboring hills, 
which with gentle undulations surround the town. A picturesque streaur 
finds its way through the valley opening to the east. 

Minnequa Springs, a popular summer resort, is only two miles beyond.' 




DUTCHMAN S RUN, RALSTON, 



78 POI'ULAK KKSOKTS, AM) HOW TO HEACH TIIKM. 

M'mneqdn is chiefly noted for the medicinal ciiaracter of its waters. 
Alha, the next station, is a quiet handet nestled among the hills. From 
this place to Troii the scenery possesses little to interest the traveller : 
but 7Vo// is a delightful village, handsomely located, and contains many 
beautiful private residences and several churches. Sn<i<tr Creek flows 
through the village, which adds to the picturescjue l>e;,uty of the place. 

From Troy to Elinlra the railroad runs through an agricultural country 
with valleys flanked by high hills. These become less abrupt as they 
meet those bounding the valley of the C/teiniuif/, which, crossing" at right 
angles, extends nearly fifty miles east and west, between the Sasejitehaima 
li'iicrnnd Palnleil Post : Ehtiira being about midway, the largest and most 
thrifty city in Southern New York. It has a population of tvlenty thou- 
sand. The city is built on an extended plain, bounded by chains of lofty 
hills, some of which admit of cultivation to their very summits, while 
others are crowned by heavy woodland. The streets a re broad, crossing each 
other at right angles, and are lined with shade-trees. The C'lteiining River 
flows through the midst of the city, and is spanned by three iron bridges, 
one, of which is completed. Elmira, the seat of several very prosperous 
manufacturing interests, is also surrounded by a rich agricultural re- 
gion, and is the great railway centre of Southern Xew York. The 
" Erie " running east and west, and the " Lehigh N'alley "' and " Northern 
Central " from the south, unite liere, and continue north and westward, 
connecting with the "Great Western." The " Utica, Ithaca, and Klmira" 
Railway will also have its terminus here. ^lany features of mechanical 
industry will interest the tourist. The Elmira Rolling ]\Iills are the 
most iinjiortant in the State, and turn out daily large cpumtities of rail- 
road rails and merchantable iron. The La France Rotary Pump and 
Steam Engine ]\Lanufactory is attracting great attention among practical 
men, and will repay an examination from those interested. The Pull- 
man Car, which contributes to the comfort and enjoyment of so many, 
is built here ; also the Erie Car Shops, and many wholesale boot and shoe 
manufactories, all testifying to the growing importance of this manu- 
facturing centre. 

Elmira is also an immense coal-distributing point, for both anthracite 
and bituminous from the " Lehigh Valley" and the '> Northern Central " 
Railroads. The Pittston and Elmira Coal Com{)any, and Langdon & 
Co., with principal oflSces in this city, handle over half a million tons of 
anthracite annually; while the Maclntyre Coal Company mine and ship 
through this city three hundred thousand tons annually of bituminous 
coal from Ralston, Penn., fifty miles south. 

Elmira's educational institutions are celebrated. The Female Col- 
lege has a national reputation : and its buildings and grounds are an 
ornament to the city. 



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79 



Young ladies from all sections of the country secure here that practical 
and finished education which fits them for the highest positions in life. 

The scenery in the suburbs, along the valleys, and over the hills, is 
delightful ; and througli the munificence of one of her citizens, Dr. 
Edwin Eldridge, Elmira has one of the finest public parks in the 
country. One hundred and sixty acres of land, wild and uncultivated, 
in the western suburbs of the city, have been changed into a place 
of beauty and resort. A charming lake adorns the centre ; fountains 
of exquisite design send up their cooling spray ; graded drives and 
walks are laid out through the grounds, which are ornamented by beau- 
tiful statuary and rare exotics, — all for the use of the public, "without 
money and without price." Should the visitor chance to remain at Elmira 
over Sunday, he can here witness a novel sight. Among the many at- 
tractions of ^ 

Eldridge ~ " ~ 

I'ark, a pa- 
goda shap- 
ed stand has 
been erect- 
e d , s u r- 
rounded by 
rustic seats, 
with capaci- 
ty for thou- 
sands. The 
grateful 
shade of a 
deep green 
grove is the 
protection. 








Numberless birds 



HATHEWAY HOUSE. 

sing their love-songs 



in the branches, 

which, with the soft murmur of the miniature waves chafing on the 
gravelly beach, fill with music the balmy atmosphere already redolent 
with the perfumes of rare flowers. Here on each sabbath afternoon 
(through the thoughtfulness of the donor) a full band discourses soft and 
melodious music ; and at 4 o'clock the Rev. Thomas K. Beecher addresses 
the assembled multitude. 

The great thoroughfares of travel leading from New EiKjlnnd, Ncn- 
York, ,P/til<i(/e//ifiia, ikdtiitiore, and the South concentrate at Elmira. The 
Hathe"way House, the favorite stopping-place, has to the travelling 
public a fine reputation for the excellence of its accommodations and its 
cuisine, and is excelled by few hotels in the country. Resting under this 
hospitable roof, the tourist has his option to proceed in any direction on 
the resumption of his journey. The scenery to Wntkins, AM'., is still fine. 



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POPULAK RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 



We are rapidly approaching a section of country noted for its deep 
gorges, or glens, cut far down the solid rock by the action of running 
streams. These form a great variety of water views, of which the accom- 
panying cut of Empire 
Fall, Glen Excelsior, is a 
fine illustration. These 
falls are on the east side 
of the valley, near the 
head of Seneca Lake, not 
in sight from the road, 
but are visited fromWat- 
kins in a small steamer 
which plies on the lake 
for the accommodation 
:i of excursion parties. 

Empire Eall consists of 
a series of cascades, fall- 
ing 106 feet to the valley 
below. Hunnid is the 
most important village 
passed between I^lmira 
and Watkins, and is but 
four miles from the latter 
]ilace. It is a quiet, pleas- 
ant village, and is re- 
markable for its glens, 
waterfalls, and cascades. 
The falls leap from a 
great heiglit almost into 
the streets of the village. 
There is also a mineral 
spring at Havana. The 
intricacies of its glens 
contain many interest- 
ing features ; and, when- 
ever the hotels are im- 
proved, this must become 
a place of great resort. 
We are moving directly north. The narrow valley from which we ha\e de- 
boiiched has opened to a mile in width, and is so level that one can but think 
that the lake, near at hand, at some time covered it. The groimd i-ises on 
either side precipitously, beyond which evidently lies a table-land drained 
by streams, which,, finding their' way to the brink, rush . impetuously 




EMPIRE FALL — GLEN EXCELSIOR. 



POPULAU KESOKTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 



81 



down the mountain steep, producing a succession of cascades, waterfalls, 
and pools, connected by deep cavernous gorq-es. These canons, or 
qlens, have been known 
since the settlement of 
this part of the country, 
but existed as a matter 
of course, exciting lit- 
tle interest or attention 
from the inhabitants of 
the region. Indeed, from 
their nature they were 
very little visited, it being 
impossible to fully ex- 
plore them, except by a 
slow and expensive sys- 
tem of engineering. The 
most important, best fit- 
ted up, and extensively 
known, of these is "W"at- 
kins Glen. The stream 
which forms it comes 
down the mountain from 
the west, reaching the 
valley near the head of 
Seneca Lake, where a vil- 
lage of some 3000 in- 
habitants has sprung up. 
A horse-railroad continu- 
ing up the main street, 
passes the entrance to 
the Glen: for those 
who prefer to walk, the distance 
short. On leaving the cars, the tourist 
is beset by the runners and porters (^f a 
half-dozen hotels, making it advisable 
for him to decide beforehand where he 
will bestow his patronage, or where 1 
can be best accommodated. As most j)ersons visit 
Watkins to see the " Glen," it is not surprising that 
the Glen Mountain House should be the populai 
hotel, although we would not infer that excellent ac- 
commodations will not be furnished at several of the 
others. The proprietors of the Glen Mduiitain House 





/ , / // / /(/,// 



GLEN MOUNTAIN H0US2, 
Watk;ns Glen, NY 



POPULAR KESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 



83 



are also the owners of the Glen. It is throngh their enterprise, at 
the expense of many thousand dollars, that tlie diflieiiltit's of cntt^rinsT 
and following tlii' 
curious place have 
been overcome. 
Bridges have been 
constructed, stair- 1 
ways erected, path- 
ways cut in the solid 
rock, allowing the 
hidden intricacies 
and picturesque 
beauties of this 
great natural curios- 1 
ity to be traced, even 
by ladies or chil- 
dren, for full three 
miles. It is a weird 
spot, • — not a direct 
canon, but more 
properly a succes- 
sion of f/lens, or I 
gorges, rising one 1 
above another, which 
form a series of gal- 
lei-ies and grottoes, 
with frequent water- 
falls and cascades, 
often Midening out 
into vast amj^hi- j 
theatres, the gran- 
deur and magnifi- 
cence of which is 
indescribable. Its 
course is nearly east | 
and west ; and the 
total fall of the stream through its tortuous windings is nearly a 
thousand feet. In places it is quiet and limpid, moving lazily along, 
reflecting truthfully the trees and rocks which hem it in, and the rich 
foliage with which it is hung. Suddenly it leaps from a dizzy height, 
falling a broken, boiling mass, down some deep abyss, then hurries on in 
endless whirl to repeat the scene. The depth of this gorge varies from 
75 to 300 feet. In places the sides recede, and are covered with foliage. 





EAST VIEW OF THE ORIGINAL GLEN MOUNTAIN HOUSE. 



POPULAR RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THKM. 



85 



Again the rugged steep falls sheer down hundreds of feet, overhanging 
in places till the branches of the trees which crown its summit interlace. 

About a half mile from 
the entrance of the Glen, 
perched upon and over- 
hanging the cliff, with the 
boiling stream far below, 
stands the Glen Moun- 
tain House. Deep hem- 
locks and other evergreens 
wrap it in perpetual shade. 
It consists of two build- 
ings, standing on opposite 
sides of the Glen, con- 
nected by a light iron 
bridge, with a covei-ed 
way for jiedestrians. The 
original ^lountain House 
was a Swiss structure, 
vuiique in design, and 
tasteful in construction : 
indeed, it is so artistically 
adapted to the scenery 
that it seems a part of it. 
Its verandas and stair- 
ways, galleries and corri- 
dors, furnish abundant 
sources of comfort to 
guests. But with the in- 
creasing popularity of this 
resort additional accom- 
modations were required; 
and the new house was erected on the opposite side This building is 
divided into suites and single rooms, while the " Cottage " contains 
the dining-room and culinary apartments. The Glen INIountain House 
has been pleasantly located and arranged to secure to guests the maxi- 
mum amoimt of comfort. Situated in the midst of this wonderful 
scenery, it is convenient at all times to run out or in and study its sin- 
gular characteristics. As few persons are satisfied with one passage 
through the Glen, the guests of this house find its proximity to the places 
they would visit of great advantage. Continuing above the house, these 
beauties are constantly repeating themselves, and, if possible, increasing 
in grandeur. From the entrance up, each successive scene has received 
an appropriate name. 




GLEN MOUNTAIN HOUSE. 
(Looking up.) 




I In 111, ^ I ui>utai licsoi t--, rmtl Ildii In I!, a< /i I lit 
RAINBOW FALLS, WATKINS GLEN, NY. 



POPUI.AK RESORTS, AND IIOW TO REACH THEM. 



87 



Rainbow Falls is, perhaps, one of the most interesting features of 
the Glen. With the bright sheen of a summer's day playing in the 
rising mists, the scene is fi'equently clothed in rainbow tints, but 
nowhere with such brilliant hues or perfect arch as at Rainbow Falls ; and 
the hour of four on every afternoon fiuus a crowd of guests worshipping 
at its shrine. 

Above the house, the Glen extends for miles, embodying many renuirk- 
able features. 'Vhc. " Cathedral " is the most imposing. This is an im- 
mense amphitheatre, with walls of solid rock rising to the perpendicular 
height of three hundred feet, while the forest trees with w hich the top is 
fringed stretch their 

arms far over the yawn- ^ ^ ^ 'f ^^'"^"f^^T^ffW ^ , =ii°"- 

ing gulf. Into this " V^^ a 

mighty chas m the 
waters spring with a 
frightful leap, bathing- 
its sides with featheiy 
spray, then (juietly 
spreading over the 
rocky floor. Tlie at- 
mosphere, even in the 
hottest day, is cool and 
moist. Trees of prime- 
A'al growth, hardy 
shrubs, and luxuriant 
vines cling with wild 
formsof beauty from the 
interstices of the rock, 
reflecting their rich 
foliage in the emerald 
pools beneath, wiiile far 
above is seen the bright 
blue sky; and at times 
the rich sunlight, reflect- 
ing from cliff to clilf, 
clothes all with a suit, 
mellow glow. 

The interest in this region is by no means exhausted with a visit tu 
Watkins (ilen. Jfnrana Glen, already alluded to, is reached by coaches 
from the (ilen Mountain House. It possesses many curious and interest- 
ing features, and will well repay a visit. Hector Falls is also a point of 
interest, and should be included in the visit to Empire Falls. 

These are situated on the east side of Seneca Lake, but a few mile s 




HECTOR FALLS, SENECA LAKE, NY. 



88 POPULAR RESOKTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 

distant, and are reached by a small steamer. Neither should the 
sojourner at Watkins Glen miss a sail on Seneca Lake, one of the most 
beautiful bodies of water in the world, varying from one-half to six 
miles in width, and forty miles long. It is of remarkable depth and 
purity, and in the coldest weather never freezes over. 




/ " ' ,>i^^HP. '"^^^^^^^^^^^I^SF" SENECA LAKE, NY 

From A\'atkins, trains on 
the " Northern Central " 
continue along the western 
shore of Seneca Lake forty- 
seven miles to Canandaigua, 
N.Y., where connection is 
made with the New- York 
Central Railroad for Al- 
bany or Niagara Falls. 
r-r-- 7 ^'"■^^^ ''*''^^^'^!f^ii^'^.,^~^-~~__ The route is pleasant, and 

"^^ ~ possesses many points of 

interest, especially along the shore of the lake, where several waterfalls 
will be pointed out by the intelligent conductors, if requested. By 
an admirable arrangement, the cars run through from Baltimore to 
Rochester. From Rochester to Niagara Falls the country is level, and 
has few attractions for the traveller. Soon we hear the "roar of 
Niagara ; " and. if our journey is uninterrupted, in sixteen hours after 
leaving Baltimore, we may be domiciled at some of the mammoth hotels 
for which the place is celebrated. 



POPULAR RESOUTS, AXD HOW TO REACH THEM. 89 

The Isles of Shoals, off Portsmouth Harbor, have risen to wonderful 
fame within twenty years. Fifty years ago it was one of the places to 
visit, and have a chowder, and was noted for its wild and rugged 
features even in those prosaic days. It is now a fixture in popular favor, 
and is visited by multitudes, wlio make a marked stay there in summer 
time. Its chief interest lies in its remoteness from the land, and its home 
in the sea. The entire scene is wild, grim, and barren, excepting the 
homelike comforts which enterprise and money have supplied. 

We have written of " The Isles of Shoals" as '-it," although there are 
half a dozen islands in the group ; but we Inive always associated the 
places with the idea of but one. And old people still call them "Isle of 
Shoals ; " and this is not far from correct. The eccentric Leighton, who 
really laid the foundation for the present great fame of this resort of 
pleasure, faithfully believed that no person coming there, however sick, 
could die of disease if the invalid remained. Mr. Leighton, although 
living to a good old age, now rests with his fathers. 

Narraganset Pier, R.I. — This is a summer resort of considerable 
popularity. It is reached by steamboats from Newport and Providence, 
and by stage from the Ki)i;/sli>ii. Station of the " Providence and Ston- 
ington Railway." Its isolation has kept it from assuming the impor- 
tance which its attractiveness warrants. 

Marblehead, Mass., is an old place, and bears many marks of its 
antiquity. It possesses some very attractive surroundings, but has no 
notable attractions of its own, although it has a full share of visitors. 

Lo"well Island, about four miles down the harbor from Salem, Mass., 
and near JMarblehead, is without any other inviting qualities than its 
isolation. In this respect it is attractive. At times its one large hotel 
has been filled with busy and gay throngs ; but, through its difficulty of 
access, it has failed to maintain a j^i'ofitable popularity. Fishing from, 
boats or off the rocks is good. It is reached by the " Eastern Railroad" 
to Marblehead or Salem, and thence by steam-yaciit. 

Tinker's Island, near to jNIarblehead, Mass., is a famous place for 
sea-pei'ch and tautog fishing, but enjoys only a local jiopularity. 

New London, Conn., althougli a small and tasteful city, will 
hardly be classed as a summer resort. It nevertheless secures many 
visitors and admirers. The " Shore Line Railroad " passes through the 
place, the cars of which are ferried aci-oss the head of the harbor. The 
location is very sightly, and counnands some admirable views. Its fine 
shade-trees give to its homelike dwellings an air of comfort and culti- 
vated taste. 



90 I'OPULAK RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 

Ebensburg, "the seat of justice of Cambria County, Pemi., is sitn- 
ated on the western slope of the Alleghany Mountains, eleven miles 
from Cresson, with which point it is connected by a branch railroad. 
The situation of the town is very near the mountain summit ; and from 
the centre of its main street the horizon sinks away in all directions, — 
the sun setting below the level of the observer. Dense forests of hem- 
lock, beech, and other varieties of American mountain woods, are acces- 
sibl in all directions; and the roads leading through them afford 
delightful drives, while bringing into view many bits of charming scenery, 
relieved by the soft fenis and thick-growing laurel, nourished to perfec- 
tion by the limpid waters everywhere issuing from the gigantic mountain. 
Its altitude gives Ebensburg a delightfully cool and bracing atmcsphere. — 
the air coming freely from the long reaches of primeval verdure, laden 
with a rich aroma, as grateful to the senses as it is invigorating to the 
system. For years the town has been a favorite resort for families, A\ho 
come here early in the season, and renuiin until the frosts of autumn 
indicate a return of salubrity to the crowded cities. The accommoda- 
tions provided for these sojourners are on an extensive scale; and prob- 
ably as much quiet enjoyment is to be had here as at any place of the 
kind in America." 

Chelsea, Mass., was one of Starr King's favorite spots for sight- 
seeing. "Powder-horn Hill," with its i-emarkable pictures extending 
over a circle of miles, was a special object of frecpient visits with the 
scholarly and enthusiastic young jireacher.— the rising or the setting of 
the sun being his chosen times for studying its wonderfid beauties. The 
name has been arbitrarily altered to "The Highlands," which is more 
pretentious, certainly ; but old names, after all, cling closest to historic 
associations. A hotel now invites visitors to rest and prolonged enjoy- 
ment upon this lofty height. The " Eastern Railroad " and horse-cars 
from Boston pass through the city. 

Chelsea lieach (Revere, Mass.) is no part of Chelsea proper: it pos- 
sesses many points of interest, and its proximity to Boston makes it a 
place of great resort in the hot months. A line of horse-cars connects it 
with Boston. 

Tlic town of Hampton, N. H., has little to distinguish it 
from towns of modest pretensions generally; but its beach — Hampton 
Beach — is renowned in every quarter. Boar's Head, a bold and com- 
manding promontory, projecting a quarter of a mile from the mainland 
directly into the sea, is the hospitable castle which " lords it " over the 
adjacent beaches. Here the admirer of the nun-muring sea can find full 
scope for his admiration. The views from this lofty eminence are num- 
berless and varied. Reached by the " Eastern Railroad." 



POPULAU KESOKTS, AND HOW TO ItEACII THEM. 91 

BOSTON, CONCORD, AND MONTREAL R. R. 

The increase of travel to the White Mountains during the past few 
years has been somc^thing remarkable. The ease with which the trip 
can now be made, even by the aged or by invalids, has wrought this 
change. Cars of the most approved styles, equipped with all modern 
improvements, are run through without change from Boston and from the 
New- York boats. Hotels furnished with the comforts and luxuries of 
home spring up from the depths of the forest, and even crown the rocky 
summit of Mount Washington. A commendable emulation has actuated 
the several railroad companies, each striving to excel the other by add- 
ing to the comforts and conveniences of tourists. 

To-day the Boston, Concord, and Montreal Railroad leads the 
van by placing its patrons at the end of their journey with tlie least 
ett'ort to themselves. Its rails stretch to the base of jNIount AV'ashington ; 
nay, by the patronage of this road, the cars now climb to the crest of that 
grand old peak, where they deposit travellers on the platform of an excel- 
lent hotel which has been built to shelter them. With the exception of a 
short ride from the Fabyan House to the Mount Washington R.R. Depot 
(six miles), there is a continuous line from Boston to the top of Moinit 
Washington. This route I'eceives more patronage, and distributes its 
patrons through more connecting lines, than any other. 

Among the most prominent roads which contribute to swell the travel 
on the Boston, Concord, and Monti'eal, are the Portsmouth and Concord 
Railroad, Boston and Maine, Manchester and Lawrence, and Concord, 
with passengers from Boxlon, Li/nn, Salem, Lawrence, Manchester, and the 
East; the Boston, Lowell, and Nashua, with guests from those cities; 
Framingham and Lowell, and its connections, with passengers from New 
Bedford, Newport, Taunton, Fall River, and Providence, and the New- York 
and Stonington lines of steamers ; the AVorcester and Nashua, with its 
local and New-York travel; and the Connecticut- River and Passumpsic 
Railways, with their numerous branches and connecting lines. Each of 
these roads must send its White-Mountain travel over the rails of the 
Boston, Concord, and Montreal. 

Passengers from Boston should take the cars at the Boston and ]\Iaine 
Depot (see page 17) or at the Lowell Depot (see page ). These 
trains unite at Manchester, N.H., and continue through Concord to the 
Fabyan House, at the base of Mount Washington. This route is 
made pleasant and interesting by the many streams and bodies of water 
along which it passes, among which may be mentioned the Charles and 
Mijstic Rivers; the Merriinac, along whose banks it follows for many 
miles; the Suncook and Winnepesaukee Rivers; Lake Winnesquam, Little 
Bay, Lake Winnepesaukee, Waukawan Lake, Long Pond, Pemigewasset and 




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Baker\'i Rivers; the Connecticut, Wells, Ammonoosuc, and Israel's Rivers; 
and many other smaller streams and ponds. 

We strike the Merrimac at Lawrence or Lowell, following it past Man- 
chester and Concord, crossing and re-crossing it at times. The beauty of 
its course is frequently varied by picturesque falls, affording more im- 
proved water-power than any river in the country. The falls at Law- 
rence, Lowell, Ainoskeacj, and llooksett are particularly noticeable. 

The accompanying cut, representing Hooksett Falls, also shows the 
Suncook Valley Railroad, which leads to Pittsfcld, N.H., a thriving and 
beautiful village nestled among high hills, whieli are dotted with farm- 
houses, that are fast becoming popular with boarders from cities. 

This route also leads thi'ough the heart of the cotton-manufacturing 
interest of Xew England; passing Lawrence, Lowell, and Manchester, be- 
sides many smaller manufacturing-towns. Cnnconl, the beautiful 
capital city of New Hampshire, possesses many features which make it 
a favorite resort during the summer and autumn months. It contains 
about 12,500 inhabitants; yet all are so comfortably domiciled, that it 
is frequently remarked by strangers " AMiere do your poor live? " The 
shaded concrete walks of the cit}- add much to the comfort of visitors. 

The State Capitol stands in the centre of a small but beautiful square, 
handsomely laid out, and ornamented with broad-spreading trees. The 
structui'e is of pleasing architecture, biiilt of native granite, for which 
the vicinity is noted, the whole surmounted by a lofty dome. Imme- 
diately fronting the State House, on the main street, is the Eagle Hotel, 
a fine brick structure, which is widely known as a first-class house. The 
" Eagle " receives much of its foreign patronage from parties, who, after 
starting for the mountains, prefer to spend a few days at Concord before 
leaving for the season ; and particularly from those returning in the 
autvmm, driven in by the early frosts, who always find here and in the 
vicinity a few weeks of charming weather. 

Among the other public buildings may be named the Court House, 
Churches, Schools, City Hall, State Prison, and State Asylum for Insane. 

The two latter institutions are in fine condition. The Prison, unlike 
those of many States, is made a paying institution. The Asylum has 
been built 32 years, and is verj' successfully conducted. 

Concord is somewhat celebrated for its manufactures, particularly 
of carriages and coaches, which are shipped extensively to all parts of the 
world. As a railroad centre, Concord presents admirable facilities for 
intercourse with various sections of the country. 

The line proper of the Boston, Concord, and Montreal Railroad starts 
from Concord, though its cars and those of the Boston, Lowell and 
Nashua, the Framingham and Lowell, and the Worcester and Nashua 
Roads, run through from those cities, and continue to the mountains. 



POPULAR RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 95 

A few miles above Concord, the road again crosses the Merrima,c, 
and leads away towards Lake Winnepesautee. 

Tilton is the first town of interest. This was formerly known as San- 
bornton Bridge. It is a thriving mannfactnring village, and forms the 
centre of a lai'ge agricultural region. The Methodist Seminary located 
here, a good view of which appears in the engraving, has been long and 
favorably known. Tilton. possesses an unusually fine water-power, not 
computed by its volume alone, but by its great regularity. The river 
which runs through the place is the outlet of Lake Winnepesaukee, in 
which large reservoir the water is held in reserve by the water-power 
company which owns it, to supj^ly the cotton-manufactories at Lowell 
and Lawrence during the droughts of summer. 

There is a charm in this whole region for summer life. Not only the 
town of Sanbornton, from which Tilton is an offshoot, but Canterbury 
and Meredith, Belmont and Gilmanton, all furnish desirable sunnner 
homes. The topogra]ihy is particularly adapted to promote the health 
of its inhabitants. The land is generally high and rolling, and has been 
so long cleared that the cjimate is fully established. 

A stage leaves Tilton, on the arrival of the morning train, for Gilman- 
ton Academy, passing through Bebnont, formerly know n as Upper Gil- 
manton. Gilmanton is becoming popular as a summer residence for 
persons from Boston and New York, who build here houses for the warm 
season. It possesses the advantage of good and long-established institu- 
tions of learning, and is sought by persons having a family. Al- 
though supplied with daily mail and stage connections, there is no railroad 
witliiii its borders; and, with a society cultivated by its fine schools, it 
possesses much of that pristine character which characterized New Eng- 
land towns of earlier days. Loioer Gilmanton is reached by the " Con- 
cord " and " Suncook Valley Railroad " to Pittsfield, and Gilmanton Iron 
Works by the " Boston and Maine " to Alton, and thence by stages. From 
Tilton the road follows the Winnepesaukee River, and the shores of Little 
Bail and Winnesquam Lake, past Union BriiJf/e, to Laconia. 

Although undeveloped at present, this region possesses many features 
calculated to make it popular with the seeker after health and pleasure. 
Winnesquam Lake is some twelve or fifteen miles in length, is beautiful 
in form and surroundings, and, but for its more pretentious rival Win- 
nepesaukee, would have, ere this, received the attention which its merits 
deserve. It has long been known as the home for the lake trout, and 
somewhat famed for its piscatorial advantages. Two small summer 
houses furnish accommodation for visitors, — the Winnesquam at the 
lower end of the lake, and the Bay Vie/n, which is admirably located in 
the suburbs of Laconia. The cars pass between it and the lake, and 
leave passengers when requested. 




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" This peculiar characteristic is patent to all who have ever sojourned 
there, and is the distinctive feature of the place, to which I attribute 
its great advantage over every other sea-bathing resort on the coast 

" This remarkable dryness of climate resembles more that of Xice on 
the iSIediterranean, than any sea-coast I have ever visited. It is this 
peculiarity which affords relief and cure to all cases of rheumatic fever 
and arthritis, even in the most acute stages. I know of many instances 
in which invalids, after having recourse, without benefit, to the various 
mineral waters and baths in the country, have, on visiting there, been 
entirely cured by a summer sojourn 

" The absence of malaria, and the balminess of the atmosphere, per- 
mit a residence at Atlantic City from the middle of May until the middle 
of November 

"What an estimable blessing to a city like Philadelphia, with its 
million of inhabitants, to have, almost as its suburb, within two hours' 
pleasant ride, a sea-side residence combining such rare hygienic advan- 
tages ! — to which I would respectfully call the attention of my medical 
brethren throughout the United States, as it has long been a well-estab- 
lished principle to trust more to hygiene than to actual medication." 

Mr. George L. Catlin, in his book on " Sea-Shore Homes," says, — 

"But it is to invalid children that this atmosphere of Atlantic City 
appears to give its most healthful influences; and so well established has 
this fact become, that a few benevolent Philadelphians have erected 
here a ' Children's Sea-shore House,' where sick and wasted little ones 
from the city are furnished support and attendance." The building is 
large and handsome, with accommodation for fifty or sixty children. 

To the pleasure-seeker Atlantic City offers even greater inducements. 
Bands of music at each prominent hotel daily entertain guests with the 
choicest selections. " Hops " are of nightly occurrence, attended by the 
youth and beauty of a dozen cities. Theatricals, concerts, and other 
entertainments, are regularly given. Elaborate fireworks are frequently 
exhibited. Few summer resorts offer so many and suoh varied attractions. 

Handsome churches of nearly every denomination are also to be found 
here. Even the " Friends" have their house of worship. 

The top of the Lighthouse is a place of great resort, where thousands 
go to witness the magnificent panoi-amic view afforded. Not only the 
ocean in all its grandeur, but the bays and inlets of this serrated coast, 
the soft, green meadows, and the wood-clad hills which lie beyond, com- 
bine to make this a panoramic view of remarkable variety and beauty. 

The tourist, in pursuit of health or pleasure, should not fail to visit 
Atlantic City. 

ing eye and keen .iiulgment caused him, in 1859, to state to me that he considered the 
atmospheric condition of Atlantic City one of the most pecuhar in the country, and that 
it would in time become availal)le in the treatment of many diseases. 

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The route, which from Concord lies through an uninteresting country, 
now faii-ly enters the lake and mountain region. The scenery does not 
possess the grandeur of the White-]Mountain section ; yet it is marked by 
many elements of picturesque beauty. Its watei'-vieM's are fine ; a distant 
line of mountain-peaks cuts the horizon. It is only five miles, over a good 
country road, to Mount Belknap, which is easily accessible, and from 
whose barren summit may be had one of the finest landscape-views on 
the Atlantic slope. It varies from the Red-Hill prospect by having Lake 
Wnntepesaukee and the entire group of the While and Franconia JMoun- 
1(1 Ins in the same view. The steamer '-Mount Washington " can be dis- 
tinctly seen soon after it leaves Alton Baij, and traced on its way for more 
than twenty-five miles to Wolfboro' and Centre Harbor. The steamer 
"Lady of the Lake "can also be followed in its tortuous course from 
Weir's to Centre Harbor and AVolfboro'. From this elevated position 
a much better idea of the great number of islands is obtained than while 
sailing on the lake. Beyond its placid waters the mountain ranges rise 
in successive jieaks ; and towering above all is the well-known "Presi- 
dential Group," of which Mount Washinf/ton is the commanding centre. 

Mount Belknap is at present but little known to the travelling jiublic ; 
but its i:)leasant approach, easy access, and magnificent " View " must 
eventually bring it into great popularity. Visitors to Laconia will find 
tiie Bay View House (seen on the right of the engraving) delightfully 
located, and surrounded by beautiful scenery. It is noted alike for its 
good table, home-like atmosphere, and reasonable terms. 

Lake Villa(/e 
"~" ^ t = --^— .g 1^^^^ ^ mile 

and a half from 
Laconia : their 
suburbs meet ; 
and the towns 
are seemingly 
one. The views 
in the vicinity 
are very like 
those near La- 
conia. Indeed, 
the same moun- 
tain ranges may 
be seen in the 

distance, though the water foregi'ound is different. There is nothing 
grand in the scenery as the train steams away towards the lake, but it is 
very picturesque. At Weir's Station passengers change for Wolfboro', Cen- 
tre Harbor, and Conirai/. Within the past year a IMethodist camp-meet- 




LAKE VILLAGE, N.H. 
Boston, Concord, and Montreal R.R. 



100 POPULAR KESOKTS, AXD HOW TO ItEACH THEM. 

ing ground has been dedicated in a delightful grove adjoining the station, 
whicla bids fair to increase the popularity of this chai'ming spot. Several 
commodious buildings have already been erected : lots for cottages have 
been secured on a site commanding a magnificent view of the lake, with 
fine boat and railroad accommodations. Those who desire to visit Wolf- 
boro% Centre Harbor, or Conwai/ will find the commodious little steamer 
Lady of the Lake awaiting them at the landing. Arrangements have 
been made to run the boat from Wolfboro' to Weir's, and vice versa, to ac- 
commodate tourists to and froni the Franconia Mountains. The dis- 
tance to Wolfboro' is twenty miles, and to Centre Harbor but half that, 
although the latter route seems to combine all the beauties of the lake. 
When the steamer leaves the wharf, the jutting points of the adjacent 
islands would seem to bar our progress ; but, as it speeds its way, the view 
unfolds, the channel opens ; and we wind our pleasant course among the 
islands, at times so near that the overhanging bi-anches almost sweep 
the boat. The lake is from twenty-five to thirty miles long, and varies 
from one to eight miles wide. It contains about sixty-nine square 
miles, and nearly three hundred islands, on many of which are fine 
farms, and several are used for grazing. Its surface is 472 feet above 
the level of the sea. The numerous islands which dot its bosom, the 
beautiful hills which hem it in, and its many points and inlets, combine 
to make Winnepesaidvee one of the most pleasing inland resorts in the 
country. The sedative influence and peculiar quiet of the scene, dur- 
ing the charming days of an Indian summer, with the bright tints of an 
autumnal foliage, graduating to the soft haze of the mountain blue, re- 
flected in its waters, is most wonderful. At Centre House or Wolf- 
boro' for days and weeks the tourist lingers, forgetting, among the 
quiet beauties of nature, the cares of a business-life. The excur- 
sion to Centre Harbor also forms one of the most delightful (Iai/-lrij)s 
from Boston. Leaving the city at 8 o'clock in the morning, via the 
Boston, Concord, and Montreal R.R. and steamer "Lady of the Lake," the 
visitor will have an hour for dinner at Centre Harbor, returning by the 
steamer " Mount Washington," and Boston and ]\Iaine Railroad, to Boston 
the same evening, thus passing through the cities of Lowell, Xasliua, 
Manchester, Concord, Dover, Haverhill, and Lawrence, with the inter- 
vening towns, and traversing the entire length and breadth of Lake 
Winnepesaukee, by both routes, in a single day. 

It would be easy to introduce pages of description from the pens of 
visitors; but all are embodied in the following quotation from that 
eminent writer, Edward Evkkett. 

" I have been something of a traveller in our own country, — though far 
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from the Highlands of Scotland to the Golden Horn of Constantinople, 
from the summit of Hartz Mountains to the Fountain of Yaucluse; but my 
eye lias yet to rest on a lovelier scene than that which smiles around you as 
vou sail from Weir's Landing to Centre Harbor." 



From Weir's Loiuliiu/ the train continues northward past Meredith, a 
pleasant village located on the shores of the lake, from which steamers 
run to other villages during portions of the year. Above jVIeredith the 
route leads for four miles along the south shore of Waukawim Lake. 

Long Pond on the right is 
the next body of water passed, 
2^ f ?; the train gliding safely under 

f the shadow of Reujejed Moun- 

tain, whose rocky sides have 
been blasted away to give pas- 
sage to the cars. This scenery 
and that around Ashland is 
very fine ; and many a tourist 
artistically inclined will be 
lured frona the cars to visit 
it. The Petnir/eicassef and 
Squam Rivers, which unite 
here, furnish many landscape 
bits " of artistic beauty. 
The course of Sepiam Hirer 
1 ; not along our route ; but 
the lover of the beautiful 
who would follow it three 
— ^^^^3f^^ miles, to its source in Squam 
Lake, will be amply repaid. 
Squam Lake has already 
>een alluded to in a visit 
t rom Centre Harbor ; but no 
-^ ingle description can ex- 
Iiaust its picturesque beau- 
ties. Indeed, this whole 
K'gion possesses peculiar 
RAGGED MOUNTAIN & LONG POND MERED TH N H <-ha-i"ms for the liberated 

Boston, Concord, and Montreal R. R. citizeu of OUT larger tOWUS, 

where weeks or months maybe quietly spent; and, if he makes up his 
mind in advance to take the accommodations as he finds them, he cannot 
fail to be pleased. Unfortunately, no large hotel has yet been built here; 




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but it is but a short drive from Centre Harbor, where all the quiet 
comforts of home will be found. 

Ashland was formerly known as Ilolderness, and is remembered by mem- 
bers of the Episcopal denomination as one of the first places where that 
society flourished in this part of the State. ^ Above Ashland we enter the 
valley of the Pemigeirassct, which we follow to Phjinmith. 

The stranger will be particularly struck by the purity of the water in 
the wayside streams flowing from springs on the mountain sides. They 
furnish admirable nurseries for the speckled trout with which they gen- 
erally abound. 

The approach to Plymouth is very picturesque. The line of the road 
is along the banks of the river, which meanders its course through rich 
meadows, shaded here and there by broad-sweeping elms. On either 
side are high wooded hills, which, by gentle grade, sweep down to the 




PEMIGEWASSET HOUSE. 

valley below ; while beyoiui in the blue distaiice are the Fraiicoiiia 
Mountains. As you are whirled rapidly into the town, the Pemige- 
"wasset House, which in the distance seemed a mere speck among the 
trees, rises invitingly before you. 

On reaching town, the train stops immediately in rear of the hotel; 
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soon fill tlie long dining-rooms of the house, or the restaurants attached 
to it. Ample time is given for dinner, full thirty minutes, before the 
conductor cries, " All aboard ! " But here we find that many of our com- 
panions have left us, though the number is made good by others, who 
have been spending a few days at this enjoyable place. Plijmoutk is 
deservedly one of the inost popular resorts in New Hampshire. It is a 
compact village, with several fine churches, schools, county buildings, 
railroad offices, &c. But tourists visit Plymouth for its delightful sui'- 
roundings, pleasant drives, and magnificent scenery, and no less for 
the popularity of its noble hotel, the Pemigewasset House. 

This elegant and spacious hotel is delightfully situated on the banks 
of the Pemigewasset, near its confluence with Baker's River. The halls, 
parlors, and dining-rooms are large, light, and handsomely furnished. 
The chambers are high and well-ventilated. There are bath-rooms with 
hot and cold water, and all the modern conveniences of a first-class 
house. It is under the patronage of the Boston, Concord, and Montreal 
Railroad, and is frequented by persons of culture and taste, some 
having secured rooms for nine consecutive years. An air of refinement 
pervades its atmosphere, which is immediately /c/< by visitors. 

LiVERMORE Falls are on 
a \^ild turbid stream, which 
loices its way along a rugged 
l)ed of shattered rocks. The 
load-way crosses by a light, 
■my britlge immediately below 
the falls, affording an oppor- 
tunity to view them without 
eaving the carriage. Where 
there are so many pleasant 
limes as in the vicinit^f of 
PlMnouth, it is difficult to 
aiticularize; indeed, with the 
fine turn-outs furnished at 
the hotel, one can scarcely go 
[i^R^RE FALLS, PLYMOUTH, N H '^"^i^^' ^he drive arouud Phi- 

Boston, Concord, and Montreal R.R. »10!(/A il//. is Very highly Spoken 

of; and a longer excursion by private conveyance up the vallej- of the 
Pemigewasset to Francnnia Notch is delightful. 

Hfoiint Prospect is much visited. A carriage-road leads to its summit, 
which is 2,963 feet above the sea. It commands a landscape view of 
rare beauty, embracing the Franconia and White Mountains, and this 
entire lake-i*egion, of which Wlnnepesankee is the most noted. There 
are also several elevations in the immediate neighborhood of the village, 
which pedestrians will delight to visit. 




lOG POPULAK RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 

stage-routp: from Plymouth to the fraxconia 
mountains. 

There are those who would find their visit to the mountains unsatis- 
factory without a stage-ride : to such the writer can reconnnend the 
route from Phjmoulh to the Profile House. It is over a good road, 
and through one of the most picturesque regions of New Hauipshire. 
Artists do not generally spend their summers at the mountain-houses, but 
select some desirable field for their labors. The route from Plymouth 
to the Profile House passes through Compton and Woo<hlncl\ whicli is 
emphatically a field for artists, where, through the months of summer and 
autumn they gather the choice />/V.v which occupy their winter months, and 
delight their friends at home. A more interesting drive can scarcely be 
conceived. The road passes near the Flume. This is a wonderful freak 
of nature, — an upright fissure in the rocks, which have been forced asun- 
der by some mighty convulsion; while high up their sides is held in un- 
yielding grasp a huge bowlder, beneath which a wild mountain torrent 
dashes its feathery spray. The Pool is a curiosity scarcely less interest- 
ing, and should be visited by the tourist. An impetuous stream, shaded 
by forest trees, walled in by precipitous ledges, escaping from the 
thicket above, leaps from the rocks into the deepening gloom below. The 
Ikisin is passed at the road-side, and is an exceedingly attractive feature. 
Here a mountain torrent rushes obliquely into a rocky caldron, around 
which for ages past the waters with dizzy whirl have polished its granite 
sides. The Old Man of the Moiattain is seen on the left a lialf mile 
before reaching the Profile House ; and it is better to visit it late in 
the afternoon, with the bright sky behind it. It requires no stretch 
of the imagination to detect the cold, sharp outline of the human profile 
chiselled in colossal proportions by the hand of nature. This is mupies- 
tionably the most renuirkable natural curiosity in this country, if not in 
the world. The likeness is formed of three blocks of granite, high up 
the nuiuntain-side, located rods apart; yet when viewed horn one particu- 
lar spot the profile is perfect. It is 70 feet from chin to forehead ; yet 
the lines are softened by distance. The beautiful lake at the foot of 
tlie movmtain is known as the Old Man's Washhoicl. Echo Lake, near the 
Profile House, is also one of the points of interest. 

The ascent of ^1//. Lafaijette is made from here, and is scarcely less in- 
teresting than that of Mt. Washington, although much more difficult and 
fatiguing, as it must be done on horseback, unless the tourist is a good 
pedestrian. This locality can also be visited with a quarter-part the 
stage-coach ride by keeping the cars to Littleton. Resuming our 
seats in the cars at Plymouth, the train for twenty miles continues up 
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but the mountains and river present varied combinations of forms in 
which the tourist will not fail to be intei-ested. In the vicinity of 
Wan-en the mountains become bolder and more rugged ; and the 
time is not far distant when this locality will be largely frequented by 
lovers of fine scenery. Even now the small hotel in the village, and 
many private boarding-houses, are well j^atronized. A wild mountain 




OWL'S HEAD AND MOOSILAUKE, WARREN, N.H. 
Boston, Concord, and Montreal R.R. 

stream in the suburbs has several waterfalls and pretty cascades, 
which are well worth visiting. A good carriage-road leads to the sum- 
mit of MoosilauJce, five miles away. This mountain is 4,600 feet high, 
and commands a magnificent prospect. Visitors will find accommoda- 
tions at the Summit House. A fine view of Moosilauke may be had 
from the right of the cars, while going north\vai-d. A few miles above 



POPULAR RESORTS, AND HOAV TO REACH THEM. 109 

Warren, is a liigli barrt'u cliff, called Otd's Head, which rises preciji- 
itously above the surrounding forests. This locality presents many 
points of interest, particularly for a jjedestrian, who, with fishing-tackle 
or gun, may while away a few weeks in autumn. 

The rugged form of Owl's Head, combined with Moosilaukc, and the 
green meadows which surround them, make a beautiful landscape. In- 
deed, the scenery is all fine along this section of the route. Harcrliill, a 
few miles farther on, is a pleasant village : the public buildings of Grafton 
Comity are located here. The line of the road has led us gradiially towards 
the Connecticut. On our left are the rich bottoms which skirt its borders; 
and the thriving village of Newbury, T7., can be seen across the river. 

The train crosses the Connecticut at WoodsviUe to Wells River, where 
connection is made with the Passumiisic, jNIontpelier, and Wells River 
Railroads. After receiving their White Mountain passengers, the cars 
re-cross to the east bank, and continue up the Ammonoosuc. This is 
indeed a pleasing stream. Its course is broken by falls and rapids ; and 
its waters are swejat by the branches of overhanging trees. The next 
village passed is Bath, which is charmingly situated on the bank of the 
river, and presents a very picturesque appearance. Lisbon is but a few 
miles farther on. This is a very interesting village, and pleasantly 
located. The discovery of a gold mine here has given it additional in- 
terest. 

Littleton is the largest and most populous village in this section of the 
State. It contains several hotels and boarding-houses, among which 
Thayer's is the best known. The scenery at Littleton presents many 
artistic combinations. The village is built mostly on the right bank 
of the river, extending up the hillside. From the upper portion of 
the town is had an excellent view of the White Mountains, flanked by the 
Franconia Mountains, and other ranges equally interesting. 

Littleton contains about 2500 inhabitants, and is well supplied with 
churches, schools, banks, and printing-offices. Indeed, it seems a minia- 
ture city, yet so small that ten minutes' walk in any direction will take 
you into the delightful suburbs, where all the pleasures and amusements 
of the country maybe enjoyed. During the summer months the number 
of inhabitants is largely increased. The atmosphere is exhilarating, and 
the water pure, for which so many come heree, wher more home com- 
forts can be enjoyed, in preference to going to the mountain-houses. 
From Littleton, tourists can easily visit the more important points of 
interest. Mount Washington, the While Mountain-Notch, Pool, Flume, 
Profile, and many other interesting places, can be visited in a day, and 
return the same night. Stages to the Profile House and Franconia Moun- 
tains leave here twice daily. No tourist to the mountains can afford to 
pass the Franconia Notch, without a call. Indeed, it is one of the few 



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places where the traveller lingers. The Profile House, near the Notch, 
is one of the largest and best appointed \\\ New England. 

Seven miles above Littleton the Win// Itoud branches to the right, and 
continues past Bethlehem and Twin Mountain House to the Fabyan 
Hotel at the foot of Mount AVasliington. 

The next station of importance on the main line is Whitefiehl, exten- 
sively known for its lumber operations, but more recently as a summer- 
resort. In the neighborhood are some fine views of mountain scenery ; 
and the place is fast growing in populai'ity, which may also be said of 
Dalton, the next station on the line. 

Lancasler is one of the most beautiful villages in Northern New 
IIam]>8hire. Tt is whII laid out. has concrete walks, and tiiic shade- 



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LANCASTER HOUSE, 
Lancaster, N.H. 

trees ornament its streets. The architecture is good: and tasteful gar- 
dens are everywhere to be seen. There are six churches, a public 
library, and other public buildings ; and throughout the town pervades 
an air of taste and refinement. The village is built in an immense 
amphitheatre, surrounded by hills and mountains, which are reached by 
excellent roads, affording some of the most delightful drives in the State. 
The view from Lunenburg Hills, Vt., is unsurpassed. Israel's River passes 
through, and the Connecticut near the town. There are several hotels, 
the most prominent being the Lancaster House. 

The Lancaster House is superior to most houses situated so far 
from the centr 's of trade. It accommodates convenieutlv loO guests. 



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The rooms are large and high-posted. From the ample cupola which 
surmounts it, the view of the White Mounlain Ranf/e, Stratford Peaks, Starr 
Kill!/, Pilot Range, Mt. Lyon, and the green hills of Vermont, is unsur- 
passed. Paiior-cars run through the village from Canada, Boston, Fall 
River, Newport, New London, and Worcester. Lancaster is a town well 
calculated to jilease the visitor who would make it his home during the 
summer or autumn months. 

The Waumbec House is but eight miles away, and can be reached by 
stage. This and other houses in Jefferson are in a romantic locality, 
which will well repay a visit. 

From Lancaster the train continues to Northumherland, where connec- 
tion is made with the Grand Trunk Railroad for Canada and the West. 

Resuming our route on the Wing Road (seepage 111), we follow uj) the 




RAILROAD STATION, BETHLEHEM, N.H. 
Boston, Concord, and Montreal R.R. 

banks of the Ainmonoosuc ; though for several miles there is nothing in 
the character of the scenery to indicate to the tourist that he is rapidly 
approaching one of the most celebrated summer-resorts in America. 

Bethlehem Station is the first stopping-place. The village of Bethlehem, 
two miles from the station, is one of the favorite summer residences 
in the mountain-region. With the increasing popularity of White 
^Mountain travel come large numbers as sight-seers and pleasure-seekers: 
still, there are many who visit the highlands of New Hampshire for the 
water pure from its mountain springs, and fine invigorating atmosphere 
which sweeps the hills, and after a few months' sojourn feel that they 
have renewed their lease of life. The extent of country thus visited 
occupies an area of more than 500 square miles, embracing every variety 
of surface and surroundings, fi'om the green meadow, the rolling upland. 



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113 



the high mountain-peak, to the dense primeval forest. The village of 
Bethlehem is built on a plateau or ridge of deep, rich soil, which con- 
nects the White and Franconia ranges of mountains, and commands 
striking views of both. Its altitude is (jreater than that of any other villaye 
east of the Rocky Mountains. 

Some years ago a Boston merchant, overtaxed by business cares, 
and suffering from loss of health, was recommended to try a season 
at Bethlehem. He returned in the autumn well, — completely invig- 
orated and restored; but each season finds him with his family at 
their mountain home. Thankful for this marvellous and luiexpected 
restoration, with his ample means he determined to prepare accommo- 




MAPLEWOOD HOUSE 
Bethlehem, N.H. 

dations where others could have the comforts of home without the ex- 
pense of fitting up an establishment of their own. 

A valuable farm of five hundred acres w as purchased, and thoroughly 
stocked with improved breeds of horses, cows, and sheep, and large num- 
bers of poultry of the most approved kinds ; while the house was enlarged 
and placed in perfect repair, bowling and billiard saloons erected, and 
other games and amusements improvised for the entertainment of guests. 
The farm was placed under the charge of a competent person, for whom 
a commodious farm-house, barns, dairies, stables, and extensive out-build-, 
ings. were erected. From this farm guests are daily supplied, during the 
summer, with the very best of ecery thiny fresh from the fields. Green 



114 POPUI.AIt ItKSOJiTS, AXI) now TO IJKACII THEM. 

corn, peas, beans, and garden-sauce, growing at one hour, are bounti- 
fully served upon the table the next. Fresh cream, butter, and eggs, of 
home production, are served, not at fabulous hotel-prices, but at fair and 
reasonable rates. 

The verandas at the Maplewood are sJiaded ; and the grounds are 
ornamented by a fine growth of sugar-maple, forming delightful play- 
grounds for children, and a cool and cleanly out-of-doors resort for 
adults. 

One of the finest and most picturesque views of Mount Wa^h'infjtori. and 
others of the AMiite-IMountain group, is from the veranda of this house; 
while the vicinity abounds in delightful drives. The admirable drainage 
renders this a healthy and desirable residence. 

From the station at Bethlehem the train continues along the bank of 
the Ammonoosuc to the Twin Mountain House and to the Fabyan 
House, at the base of Mount WashhKjton. The Twin Mountain 
House until the present season was the terminus of the railroad. It 
has been extensively patronized, and will be pleasantly remembered by 
its patrons, as a most free and social summer home. 

The buildings of this extensive summer resort were erected and fur- 
nished new in 1809-70, on a spot long occupied as a hotel, and jwpular 
with the public. The vicinity not only commands fine and vai-ied views 
of the White and Franconia ]Mountains, but has better facilities for 
water amusements than any hotel of the mountain region. The house 
stands high on a commanding bluff, which overlooks the AmuionoDsuc. 
tSo near its head, this stream is not usually suitable for boating ; but 
here it is held by a dam, thus affording an admirable opinortunity for that 
healthful and fascinating amusement. The water is fringed with trees 
of most delicate foliage, among which guests have constructed rural 
Si-ats and arbors. This is a romantic spot, where lovers and those 
socially inclined do love to congregate. The forests about the "Twin 
^loiuitain " are very charming, and the shrubs and ferns fresh and 
varied. Rut the chief and practical excellence of this locality is in the 
entire absence of hay-fever, that disagreeable disease indigenous to so 
large a portion of the country. The following extract from " The New 
York Ledger " is from the pen of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, who 
has long been afflicted with this distressing malady, and who now spends 
his summer and autumn months at this health-giving place : " Mean- 
while another year warrants me in saying that a resort hither is almost 
certain relief ; not one per cent of patients failing to obtain essential if 
not entire relief. We can go out into the sun, stand in mud morning 
;ind evening, and in spite of dust, rain, or chill, we are well. Lau.< 
Iho ! " 

AVhen we assert that the proprietors of this house supply every thing 



no POrULAK RESORTS, AND HOW TO liEACH THK.M. 

necessary to promote the comfort, convenience, and amusement of guests, 
— to facilitate their movements from place to place, — it will be un- 
necessary to enumerate. The Boston, Concord, and Montreal Railroad 
has been extended the present season to the Fahyan House. 

Carriages are in waiting on the arrival of trains to convey tourists to 
tlie ]Mount Washington Railway Depot, a few miles distant; and those 
w ho desire can sleep at the Mount Washington Summit House, 
on the top of the mountain, although guests generally prefer to spend 
the night, and longer if they choose, at the "Fabyan." The scenery is 
much finer while ascending the mountain on that side in the morning, 
while the sun is in the east, than it is in the evening, when it will shine 
directly in the eyes. Those who start in the morning have the addi- 
tional advantage of choosing a fair day, a great desideratum, as it fre- 
quently rains at the summit when it is fair below. Indeed, this impor- 
tant advantage will always make the Fabyan the popular stopping-place; 
for those who w'ish to ascend Mount Washington but once could then be 
certain of a pleasant day, as the summit is distinctly seen from the 
door of the hotel. 

The Fabyan House has been located at the intersection of the Boston, 
Concord, and Montreal, and the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroads 
with the Mount Washington Turnpike ; and all jjersons ascending by 
rail, from whatever houses must first come to this point. 

Since public attention was first directed to the White Mountains, the 
locality of the Fabyan House has always been popular. More than 
seventy years ago a tavern was built near the site of the present house, 
which was burned in 1819 : it was soon rebuilt, however; but the second 
house subsequently shared the same fate. In later years, as travel has iu- 
creased the demand, other houses have sprung up in different localities. 
Tliese have been enlarged from time to time, to supply the wants of 
travel. All have points of excellence in their location ; many of them 
comfortablj' accommodating a large number of guests, and the tables of 
all are amply supplied. 

The early completion of the Boston, Concord, and Montreal Railroad, 
and the rapid progress of the Portland and Ogdensburg (the remaining 
twelve miles to be finished in 187.5), with a desire to meet the demands 
of mountain-travel, determined a few gentlemen to erect a hotel which 
should compare with other large establishments of the country, — a house 
with large, high-studded rooms, broad halls and stairways, amjile jiar- 
lors, drawing-rooms, and corridors, — in a word, a structure worthy of 
being called a first-class hotel, and recognized as such by the travelling 
public. The want of such a building at the mountains has long been 
felt. There were already many houses where good and abundant ac- 
commodations could bo had, but nothing beforu this which in town 
would be called first-class. 



POPULAlt ItESORTS, AND HOW TO IlEACH TUKM. 117 

Tlie present Fabyan House was built in the foi-m of the letter T 
inverted, thus: X. The top of the letter represents the main building, 
which is three hundred and twenty feet long by forty-five feet wide. In 
the centre is a rotunda sixty feet square, which is gained by projections 
front and back from the main building. This i-otunda forms a very at- 
tractive feature, and is the common rendezcous of guests. The hotel 
and telegraph offices occupy two of its corners : from a third leads a 
broad, massive stairwaj^ to the two stories above. 

The parlor, which is one hundred by forty-five feet, occupies the entire 
eastern end of the building, and is very handsomely furnished. The 
remainder of the ground-floor is occupied by reception and reading rooms, 
and private parlors, each thirty by twenty feet. From the rear centre of 
the rotunda extends an ell in which is the dining-room, one hundred and 
thirty by forty-five feet, seating comfortably four hundred guests. Carv- 
ing and serving rooms, culinary offices, and kitchens, arranged with all 
modern appliances, are located in the rear wings of the building. There 
are two hundred and fifty sleeping-rooms, high, airy, light, and newly and 
handsomely furnished. The entire house is lighted by gas, and warmed 
by steam. It has billiard and bath rooms, an excellent livery, and the 
complete conveniences of first-class hotels. 

The present site was selected for various reasons : first, for the ac- 
knowledged beauty of its surroundings, and the admirable prospect of 
the White-Mountain Range, a most complete view of which may be had 
from the veranda, — indeed, the summit of Mount Washington is but 
seven and a half miles distant as the bee flies ; the cars can be seen with 
the naked eye, ascending and descending ; the house on the summit is a 
distinctive feature ; and, with a glass, visitors to the mountain can be seen 
skipping over the rocks'. As the Fabyan House faces the north, its 
main veranda is always in shadow, beneath whose cooling shade, in the 
hottest day, a refreshing breeze is felt. To watch the cloud-shadows 
creep along the mountain's base, climb quickly up their rugged sides, 
now lingering for a moment on some projecting cliff, then clear at a sin- 
gle bound the deep abyss, and steal away in the distance, is a pastime 
ever changing, ever new, and one which never tires. 

The location of the house is such as to afford front rooms to all who 
come to see the mountains; for it is surrounded by them in the most 
beautiful combinations. Those at the south are not oppre-ssively near; 
but, lying beyond the babbling waters of the Ammonoosuc, which 
winds in serpentine course through the bi'oad green meadows of the 
neighborhood, they raise their massive forms. 

At the north a small but picturesque mountain. Mount Prospect, rises 
from the very doors. To climb this is one of the popular amusements of 
guests. From its sides and summit are charming views of the valley, and 



POPULAR HESOKTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM, 119 

a more distant prospect of the White Mountain Notch. But tlie 
most imposing scene is tlie view of Mount Washington itself, flanked by 
others scarcely less interesting. 

The following table shows how centrally and conveniently this house 
is situated for visiting the more pi-ominent mountain localities, — a fact 
which must always make it popular for those who wish to make this a 
general stopping-place during a prolonged stay. 

Fabyan House to Mount Washington Railway Depot .... Miles. 

" Summit of Mount Washington !) •• 

" Ammonoosnc Falls 2! •• 

" Mount Willanl 5 •• 

" Waumbec House . . . . • . . . II •• 

" Profile " -Ji; •• 

" Glen " 17 •• 

" (^rawford " 5 •• 

" Willey ■■ i;\ •• 

" T\vin-M()\intain House 4 

" Bethlehem 17 " 

'• Lancaster is •■ 

" North Conway 'Jo " 

*' Wliite ^Mountain "Notch," '• 

" Silver Cascade 0.^ " 

" Gibbs' Falls o •• 

" Beecher's Falls 5 •• 

The depot of the Mount AVashington Railway, six miles distant from 
til ' " Fabyan," is reached l)y carriages for every train. 

Tiiere are many points of interest in the vicinity ; and the drives to 
tli'Mi form a tine source of amusement. It is btit six miles to the fa- 
mous White Mountain Notch, and one mile farther to the Sil- 
ver Cascade. Here a small silvery stream springs by successive 
leaps from the mountain top to the valley below, and like a fright- 
ened fawn darts away in the distance. The locality of the famous 
"Willey Slide" is a mile farther down the valley. Although many 
years have passed since that fearfid night, time has failed to heal the 
wounds it made. The house still stands; and the spot where the family 
was buried is j)ointed out to visitors. Mount Willard is in this 
neighborhood, to whose summit a fine carriage-road has been built. 
Tlie view from Mount Willard is grand, embracing tlic Willey 
Notch in the foreground, and stretching away into the blue distance. 
These objects are all in the vicinity of the Crawford House, which is 
but five miles from the Fabyan, and has for many years been one of the 
most popular houses in the mountaii^. Gibbs' Falls, Beecher's 
Falls, and other points of interest, are also in this neighborhood. In- 
deed, these interesting natural features are entitled to something more 
than a passing notice from tlie writer, or a casual glance from the tourist ; 
and those who would study them can best do so from the Crawford House. 



121) POPl'LAK liESOHTS, AXD HOW TO KEACH THEM. 

For tlie lover of the wild and picturesque, the tourist will find ample 
opportunities to gratify his taste by a visit to Gibbs Falls, particularly 
if the stream is traced to its source at the base of the mountains. This 
locality was examined and the falls sketched by the writer in 18.37, and 
named for the (then) proprietor of the Crawford House. Beecher's 
Falls have been popularized by the interest taken in them by their 
noted namesake. 

The •' Xotch " is the great natural gateway to the White ^Mountains 
proper. ]\Iounts Webster and Willard form its outstanding pillars. The 
scenery is grander than by any other approach. Xowhere can this be 
so well realized as from the summit of Mount AYillard, which, with its 
admirable carriage-way, must always be one of the most popular resorts 
in this region. The " Gate of the Notch," flanked by perpendicular 
ledges, is but twenty-four feet wide ; through which passes the carriage- 
road, and flow the waters of the Saco, which rises a short distance above. 
The Craicford House is also the starting-point of the only bridle-path to 
Blount Washington, which no person physically able should fail to visit. 
The path enters the forest at the house, through which it winds its way 
l)y a roiigh course to the summit of ]\Iount Clinton; thence continuing by 
a rugged pathway over (or around) Mount Pleasant, Mount Franklin, 
INIount INIonroe, to jNIount Washington. The route follows the crest of the 
mountains, and affords a combination of the finest views in the region, — 
one of the grandest of which embraces that stupendous gulf, Tucker- 
man's Ravine, which falls sheer down a thousand feet. This not only 
forms one of the wildest retreats about the mountains, but it generally con- 
tains an individual feature of interest, the snow-arch. During the winter 
months, the north-west winds completely fill this chasm with snow, which, 
packed by the driving storms of wind and sleet, by the warm rains of 
spring and the hot sun of summer, settles to a firm, compact mass. As 
the swollen streams pass beneath, the snow is melted. The massive bowl- 
ders which fill the valley become the base of so many ice-pillars, which 
remain and uphold the enormous snow-arch above. On the 12th of 
August, 1857, the writer entered this cavern to the distance of three 
hundred feet, and, by estimate, found the snow still twenty -five feet 
thick. It all passes away, however, by the last of August or the first of 
September. Tuckerman's Ravine can be visited from the Sunnnit or 
from the Glen House. 

The bridle-path excursion, about nine miles, is frequently made by pe- 
destrians. But no one should attempt it without being well shod ; and the 
sudden accumulation of clouds and mists on the mountains renders an ex- 
perienced guide indispensable. The " Crawford" has always been noted 
for its admirable cuisine, and will be found withal one of the most desir- 
able houses at the mountains. It is also reached by stage by the North 
Conwav route, from the terminus of the Portland and Ogdensburg Rail- 



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121 



road. This apiiroach is grand ; and the mountain combinations are pic- 
turesque and beautiful. The stage-ride is an enjoyable feature. The 
road passes the Willey House, Silver Cascade, Flume, and debouches 
from the mountains at the Gate of the Notch. Stages connect with all 
prominent Houses, and with the Mount Washington Railway, via Fali- 
yan House. 

The stage-ride from the Crawford and Fabyan Houses to the Mount 
Washington Railway Station is one of the most exciting features of 
mountain travel. 

The falls 
of the Am- 
mo noosuc 
are passed 
by the way 
side, and 
are well 
worth a 
visit. Here 
the rocks 
have been 
worn by 
the action 
of the wa- 
ter into a 
thousand 
fantastic 
forms.The 
'. road leads 
through a 




'Zivx?/'i'*'C^^ 



AMMONOOSuC FAlLS. 



primeval 
forest : 

luxuriant vines laden with fruit and berries spring from the virgin soil, 
often tempting the visitor from the carriage. AYe occasionally catch a 
glimpse of the grand old mountain, as it raises its granite head above 
the clouds. The ascent of Mount Washington was once a feat of rare 
occurrence, accomplished only by the daring hunter or adventurous trav- 
eller ; but the industry and perseverance of man have smoothed the way ; 
and the route has been made easy, safe, and pleasant. 

To accompany an aeronaut, to look out upon the surrounding world, 
has been the desire of many, though enjoyed by few. Here the '• iron 
horse," guided by the hand of genius, climbs triumphantly to the dizzy 
height of 6,285 feet, more than a mile in the air, where the "storm- 
king," riding on the wings of the whirlwind, have hitherto reigned su- 



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rOPULAK RESORTS, AND UOW TO REACH TUEM, 



preme ; and yet all this is done in absolute safety, and with as much 
ease as the same distance could be accomplished over any road in the 
country. 

The ascent should be made the subject of some preparation. To at- 
tempt it improperly clothed would risk the jsleasure of the excursion. You 
ma^ not meet a snow storm, or find icicles hanging from the roof in the 
morning; but you are liable to any month in the year. Ladies, particularly, 
should not relie upon a shawl alone for protection, but add a full suit of 
winter extra under-clothing. You will find the house on the summit 
heated by steam, and a cheerful fire in the grate ; but yon should not, 
for want of proper clothing, los- the opportunity for out-of-door pleasures. 




The views while as- 
^^ cending and descending- 

are supremely grand. To 
stand upon the summit of Moiui/ 
Wa'^hirif/ton is the one desire of 
every visitor to the mountain- 
region. Here, from the highest 
pomt on the Atlantic slope, lie 
can look down upon this vast 
panorama of hills and valleys, 
cities and plains, dotted with a thousand silvery lakes blended into one 
harmonious whole. Without putting foot upon the ground, he is lifted 
step by step up this rugged steep, to the very doors of the Hotel, which, 
bound with chains to the barren cliff, has been built and furnished to 
receive him. 

The Mount Washington Summit House accommodates con- 
veniently one hundred and seventy-five guests, though more than two' 
hundred have been entertained. Several thousand persons visited it dur- 
ing the past season. Its appointments are very complete. Lighted by 
gas, and heated by steam, with all modern improveuKMits. a liberal 
table, and good attendance, the visitor can be made comfortable for any 
length of time. Stages run from the railroad depot to all the prominent 
houses, enabling tourists t;) r^'turu by any route they choose. 



rOPULAll HESOUTS, AND HOW TO KKAC'II TIIKM, 123 

Richfield Springs. — " These springs, long and favorably known, 
are in Otsego Connty, N.Y., in the vicinity of Cooperstown, and seven 
miles distant from Otsego Lake, which is one of the sources of the Sus- 
quehanna. The great river of Pennsylvania here extends his arms and 
intwines his fingers with the tributaries of the Mohawk, as if to divert 
that gentle river from its allegiance to the Hudson. The village of Ricli- 
field Springs is situated upon a narrow plain, near the head of Schuyler's 
Lake, which is five miles in length, and a mile and a quai'ter at its 
greatest breadth. This little lake is surrounded with high hills on every 
side, except the northward ; and, being but a mile from the springs, 
forms the principal attraction for visitors. According to tradition, the 
waters of these springs were sought, for their medicinal virtues, by the 
Indians, long before the advent of the white men. A healing prophet 
of the Iroquois dwelt on an island in the midst of the lake; and the suf- 
fering came to him, to be cured by the waters he secured at night and 
conveyed secretly to his retreat. But the Great Spirit became angered at 
liis pride, and sunk him and his island beneath the deep waters." 

Glen's Falls, N.Y., so graphically pictured in Cooper's novel, ''The 
Last of the Mohicans," are on the railroad from Saratoga, and are scarcely 
excelled, for fierce and turbulent grandeur, by any body of angered waters 
in the country. They are well worth a few days of pause and study, on 
the way to 

Isahant, Mass., is among the mature celebrities of the Xew England 
coast. It is one of those rare combinations of natural and remarkable 
beauties which assert their superiority without the need of art or special 
praise. Yet Nahant is a lesson. It teaches the fickleiiess of human 
fancy, and the uncertainty of popular favor. If this really charming spot 
were only located a hundred or more miles fi'om the leading marts of Xew 
England trade, it would scarce find a rival in fashionable and public ap- 
proval. It is too near Boston and other cities, too easy. of access, and 
too comfortable generally, to attract the great multitude ; who prove that 
"distance lends enchantment to the view " of a summer trip and life, by 
seeking remote and out-of-the-way places in iirefei-ence. Yet Nahant 
issodelightfully located, so varied in its scenery and surroundings, sodotted 
witli wonderful curiosities of nature, so graced with romantic and ever- 
varying specialties, and so readily reached, that the number of its 
summer residents and brief visitors will ever be very large. It was the 
chief resort of the wealthy and the gay only a few years since; but the 
worshippers of fashion now travel to other shrines. It is still the abode 
of many wealthy and distinguished characters during the hot season, 
and is easily visited by steamers from Boston, and by the " Eastern Kail- 
road" via Lynn. 



124 l'OPLri..\J4 UESORTS, AND HOW TO RKACH THKM. 

Lake George. — " Few, if any, among the numerous pictm-esque lakes 
in America are more beautiful or more celebrated than this, which lies 
between the Counties of AVashington and AV^arren, in the State of Xew 
York, and is thirty-six miles long, varying in breadth from three-quar- 
ters of a mile to four miles, and in many places is fovir hundred feet in 
depth. It is in the midst of mountains : and popular belief credits it 
with islands equal in number to the days of the yeai*. History, as well 
as tradijion, lingers around it, marking many spots with more than ordi- 
nary interest. Not the least among these are the ruins of Fort William 
Henry and Fort (ieorge. Sir William Johnson, prompted by his loyalty, 
named it Lake George, after one of the Georges of (ireat Britain ; and 
this title has been permitted to remain as its designation. A writer, 
describing the many attractions of the lake, says, ' It has something 
of interest for everyone, — the lover of history, of romance, of beauty, 
and lovers generally.' " 

The Glen is one of the lai'gest summer resorts in the White Moun- 
tain region. This fine establishment occupies a most picturesque loca- 
tion in the beautiful valley of the Peabody River, within a few rods of 
jNIount AVashington Summit Carriage-Road (which is one of the best 
constructed roads in the country), commanding a fine view, from 
base to summit, of Mounts AVashington, Jefferson, Adams, and IMadison, 
head of Tuckerman Ravine, and the Carter Range, — forming one of the 
finest panoramas to be obtained in the whole mountain region of Xew 
Hampshire. 

Other points of especial interest in the vicinity are Glen Ellis Falls, 
Crystal Cascade, &c. 

The access to the Glen is by stages from the " (Jrand Trunk " Rail- 
way, at Gorhain, Me., and from the " Portland and Ogdensburg," and 
" Eastern," at Bartlett, N.II. 

York Beach, Me., and, beyond that, Bald Head Cliff, —a wild, 
stern, defiant-fist rock, in almost constant battle with the waves of the 
sea, — are places of interest, and when better known will command 
their share of patronage. The run to these points can be made from 
Portsmouth. 

Watch Hill Point, R.I., has a good local jiopularity. Its liigh. 
conmiandiug location, and extended prospect and fine beaches, must 
eventually, when better known, bring it into more general favor. It 
commands a fine view of Long Island Sound. AVatch Hill, like Xarra- 
ganset Pier, is dependent upon boat transportation. Steamboats run 
from Xorwich, Mystic, and Xew London, Conn., and Stonington, AVest- 
erlv, R.I. 



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125 



THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. 

The Pennsylvania Railroad may well be said to stand at the head of 
the railway system of America. Like the aorta of the hnman body, which 
connects the heart with other important organs, thence ramifying into 
the extremities, this road, with its branches and connections, forms the 
(jreat central line of the cuiintry. It not only extends a greater number of 




milet,, useb moiL rmi 
nmg stock, and employs | 
more men, thm anj l 
other but in jiomt ot ' 
construction it is con- 
sidered the model lail- '• 
road of the United ^^-j^ ., ^ ,,™, 

btates. The bridges '^^ •v;o/^\.-^:^^^^t. .^.. .- ' '^^ .JX.:.:.-'^^ 
alone, in the scientific coatesville bridge. 

knowledge and artistic 

beauty displayed in their construction, would form an exhaustive 
subject for description. The Coatesville Bridge, at the village of 
Coatesville, is a beautiful and imposing structure. It stretches 



126 



POPULAK KKSORTS, AND IIOW TO UEACH THEM. 



eight hundred and fifty feet across a chasm, and is seventy-five 
feet high. Like many of the bridges along this road, it is built 
of iron supported by stone pillars, thus securing strength and dura- 
bility with architectural beauty combined. Indeed, this is a distinctive 
feature of the Pennsylvania Railroad; and throughout the entire line 
no fxpense is spared in the construction of bridges and culverts. 




CONNECTING RAILROAD BRIDGE, 
Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. 

'• So far as scenery goes, no lines of railroad on the continent can sur- 
pass those running through Pennsylvania. INIagnificent agricultural 
panoramas, beautiful river views, splendid mountain pictures, picturesque 
hills and valleys, lovely villages, and flourishing towns and cities, are 
seen in quick succession. A ride of twelve hours between Philadelphia 
and Pittsburg shows more interesting variety than can be seen in the 
same time and distance anywhere else in the United States. 

" On, on, on, goes this tireless train, over a clear track, carrying the 
traveller by a panorama, the like of which can be found nowhere else on 
this continent, and probably not in the world. After having break- 
fasted in the Mississippi Valley, and dined at the capital of Pennsylvania, 
the passenger finds himself seated at supper in the metropolis of New 
York, where the Atlantic throbs and swells in its ceaseless activity. 

" It is no new thing to say that the scenery on the line of the P(mui- 
sylvania road is beautiful, and in many places grand. Every American 



POPULAi; KESORTS, AND IIOW TO REACH THEM. 127 

who travels or reads has seen or heard of it: and the pencils of nianj'^ 
artists have labored lovingly to portray, for popular gratification, the at- 
tractions of the Alleghany mountains ; the Juniata, Susquehanna, and 
Conemaugh Rivers, and the wonderful agricultural vales of Lancaster 
and Chester Counties, through which this road runs. Long sweeps of 
wooded hills ; lofty mountains and dark ravines ; picturesque valleys 
oioening into each other; sparkling and placid waters ; wide, rolling, pas- 
toral landscapes, — follow in rapid succession. The magnificent rivers 
are crossed by corresponding bridges. The bold mountain ranges and 
wild ravines, which would have disheartened a less enterprising company, 
are overcome by feats of engineering skill, which, combined with the 
natural artistic features of the country, make this the most interesting 
route in America. 




COLUMBIA BRIDGE, 
Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa 

'i'his bridge is located in a charming region. It spans the Schuylkill. 
^^hich runs through Fairmount Park, connecting the east and west jior- 
tions. Indeed, Philadelphia and its suburbs has an unusual number of 
bridges, some of them noted for their strength and beauty, while all add 
greatly to the interest of the scenery. The vicinity of Laui'el Hill Ceme- 
tery is particularly noticeable. The bridges which span the Schuylkill 
make a striking foreground for the beautiful landscape beyond. 

A few years ago, the man who should have predicted such imjtrove- 
ments would have been pronounced hopelessly insane. Not even the 



]:>8 POPULAK KESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 

most sanguine enthusiast on railroads, when their construction was com- 
menced, dreamed of overcoming distance so rapidly and at such a rate ; 
and it is only because of the perfection of machinery and the inventions 
of science thai it can be done now. 




FAIRMOUNT PARK, PHILADELPHIA. 

Tourists, especially for {>leasure, can scarcely find a more desirable spot 
for a day's enjoyment than Fairmount Park. Central Park of New York 
is older, and has received more artificial embellishments ; but in size, or 
in the character of natural attractions, Fairmount has no equal in Amer- 
ica. It contains nearly three thousand acres, — more than three times as 
large as Central Park. The beautiful Schuylkill flows through it, afford- 
ing a great variety of fine water views, with admirable facilities for 
boating. In addition to this, the AVissahickon — famous for its charm- 
ing, picturesque scenery — contributes six miles of leafy banks to its 
adornment. The Fairmount AVater-works, which have been in operation 
since 1822; the celebrated Wire Bridge; the bronze statue of Lincoln; 
the mansion of Robert Morris of Revolutionary fame, once the resort of 
illustrious men, now fallen to decay, — are among the attractions. But 
nothing short of a personal visit can convey an idea of its beauties. 

The charming AVissahickon of itself indelibly fixes for Fairmount 
Park a pre-eminence over any of its competitors. It is rare, indeed, that 



POPUP- AU UESOUTS, AND HOW TO KEACII THEM. 129 

a city of the magnitude of Philadelpliia can boast within its borders a 
" retreat " of such rich variety and exquisite loveliness. A more pleasing 
combination of the wild and picturesque, the grand and beautiful, cannot 
be found in America, than are presented on the banks of the Wissahickon. 

F a i r m o u n t can be 
reached by several lines 
of street railway, or ria 
Pennsylvania Railroad to 
Ilestonville, West Thila- 
delphia, which is three 
miles from the depot at 
Thirty-second and Market 
streets. 

STATISTICAL DATA. 

Tlie Pennsylvania Rail- 
road (main line) formerly 
extended from Philadel- 
phia to Pittsburg, a dis- 
tance of three hundred 
and fifty-four miles. Now 
it has its eastern termini 
at New York, Philadel- 
phia, Baltimore, and 
^V'ashington ; and unites 
them, by its own direct 
lines, with Pittsburg, 
i I-]rie, Cleveland, Toledo, 
Chicago, Cincinnati, In- 
dianapolis, Louisville, and 
St. Louis. Connections 

HESTONVILLE, NEAR PHILADELPHIA- '^^"'"^ "'^"^ made With St. 

Paul, Dulutli, Omaha, 
Denver, the cities of California, and with Memphis, Mobile, and New 
Orleans. 

To transact its extended and diversified business, the Company now 
owns, and runs upon its own lines, eleven hundred locomotives, one thou- 
sand passenger cars, and twenty-six thousand freight cars. It owns two 
thousand miles of completed road, besides the other thousands which it 
controls. Its workshops cover an area of more than five hundred acres. 
It employs a vast army of men, many of whom are mechanics and experts 
of the highest skill. It has two hundred and twenty-two foreign ticket- 
ofBces (and agents, independent of those at its own stations), established 




130 POPl'LAK KESORTS, AND HOW TO KEACII THEM. 

in thirteen different States. Its chief officers have been civil engineers; 
and they employ in their service thoroughly practical men. 

It is from the proceeds of a business of such mammoth proportions 
that this Company are able to overcome difficulties along portions of their 
line, which it would be folly for a less wealthy corporation to undertake. 
A knowledge of these advantages induced the formation of a new organi- 
zation, known as the "Pennsylvania Company," having for its object the 
consolidation and harmonious management of all roads under its control. 
This company, with a capital of 1^12,000,000, was organized by the elec- 
tion of Thomas A. Scott, Esq., as president. In 1873 it had nearly five 
thousand miles of railroad under its control. 

COXSTTiX^CTIOX. 

Ordinarily companies are satisfied if their roads are graded with sand 
or gravel. The Pennsylvania uses, in addition, eighteen inches of broken 
stone, in which the ties are embedded. This insures a dry, elastic, per- 
manent bed. free from dust, allowing the car doors and windows to be 
kei:)t open in summer. Steel rails of maximum weight are used, con- 
nected at the ends by plates, bolted to the sides, but so arranged that 
expansion or contraction will not cramp the rail. The joints are made 
betireen ties; thus insuring an agreeable elasticity, which rails secured in 
a '■ chaii'," on the ties, never have. 

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, in the construction of its road, 
employs the highest grade of engineering talent, and the best skilled 
labor : hence, although its course along, the streams and tlirough the 
mountains follows a tortuous route, a rate of speed can be maintained 
with impunity which would be actually dangerous on most roads in the 
country. Although the original cost of construction is much greater, the 
Pennsylvania Company finds it more satisfactory, and believes it to be 
cheaper in the end. The "stone ballast" allows the water from the 
heavy rains of autumn to percolate through it, leaving a dry bed for win- 
ter, and therefore free from the annoying frost upheavals, and consequent 
displacement of i-ails, as well as from the dust of summer, to which clay 
and gravel ballasted roads are subjected. "Jumping the track " is never 
known on the Pennsylvania Road. This is believed to be due to the 
thorough construction of its bed. 

The accommodations provided for sunnner tourists on the line of the 
Pennsylvania Railroad are unsurpassed. Good hotels in all the towns 
reached by it are the rule, not the exception; and many of them are 
elegant in all their appointments. It would be difficult to select any 
highway of travel anywhere that can compare, in the essentials of com- 
fort, safety, expedition, and interest, with the magnificent system of 
railroads managed by this Company. 



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131 



It is not proposed to describe the scenery along the many branches of 
the Pennsylvania Railroad. Even the roads can scarcely be alluded to ; 
and to describe and illustrate the scenery would require a volume larger 
than this. This cut of the Delaware ^Vater-Gap represents one of 
the many resorts which its branches reach, of which a full-page cut is 
also annexed. 




DELAWARE WATER-GAP. 



The State of Pennsylvania is in itself an interesting study. Its bosom 
holds all the anthracite, and much of the bituminous, coal found on the 
continent. Its hidden foimtains produce the larger portion of the oil now 
so essential to the comfort and industry of the world. ]\Iany of its hills 
are depositories of iron and other ores, which are utilized in immense 
factories, seen in every valley. Its forests supply the principal part of 
the lumber used in the great cities of the Atlantic seaboard. Its soil 
varies from the richest to the poorest. Its territory is washed by the 
tides of the Atlantic and the waters of Lake Erie, and is drained into 
the Gulf of Mexico by rivers navigable more than two thousand miles. 
Its boundaries completely separate New England and New York from 
the Mississippi Valley ; and its entire area is dotted by scenes of more 
than ordinary historical interest. All these combinations add to the 
charm and interest of travel ; and every American can find something in 
it instructive and gratifying. 



POPULAR RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 133 

The day express from Pittsburg to Xew York is a wonderful result of 
engineering skill. 

This magnificent run of four hundred and forty-four miles is made with 
but three stoppages, — the first, of only five minutes, at Altoona, after a 
stretch of one hundred and seventeen miles ; the second, of twenty 
minutes for dinner, at Harrisburg, after an unbroken dash of one hun- 
dred and thirty-two miles ; and the third and last, of only five minutes, at 
Philadelphia, after a run of one hundred and five miles, leaving a single 
stretch of ninety miles across Xew Jersey to destination. Xo time being 
lost in stopping, the wonderful locomotive-engines work away with the 
regularity of fixed machinery, — taking their supply of water from the track- 
tanJcs as they (jo, and carrying their fuel icith them ; and the time is made by 
uniformity of progress more than by an increased rate of speed. The 
train is made up of Pullman parlor cars and the best of the Company's 
day coaches, all splendidly upholstered, mounted on combination springs, 
and furnished with plate-glass windows, through whicli the landscape 
can be distinctly seen. 

But it is, perhaps, more natural to take the tourist, in imagination, 
from the eastern to the western termini. A description of the route 
from AVashington and Baltimore will be found elsewhere, in an article 
on the Xorthern Central Raih'oad. That train joins us. 

Tlie tourist will early remark the tasteful yet substantial character of 
the stations on the Pennsylvania Railroad. These are usually built of 
stone ; and for artistic effect several kinds are frequently used. 

The thorough construction of the road-bed will also be noticed ; the 
" stone ballast " and other features tending to give strength and durability 
to the structure. But the first peculiar sensation will be experienced as 
the train, with unabated speed, dashes around a curve in the road; and 
the oscillating movement of the car instinctively causes you to attempt 
to overcome it. But confidence soon assumes her sway; and what was at 
first a cause of fear becomes a source of pleasure. Chester Valley fur- 
nishes the first grand view of landscape scenery. The cars pass along an 
elevated ridge on the outer rim of this magnificent amphitheatre, afford- 
ing a landscape of peculiar grandeur and loveliness. From Philadelphia 
to Lancaster the road leads through an undulating country, interspersed 
with fine cultivated farms, fields, and forests, while thriving villages and 
flourishing manufactories enliven the scene. 

The Columbia Branch, which intersects the Pennsylvania Railroad 
at Lancaster, connects at Columbia with the York Branch, and at York 
with the Xorthern Central Raih-oad, affording the most direct route from 
Philadelphia to Gettysburg, a very popular resort. 

A few minutes spent at Lancaster for refreshments, and the train is 
hurrying on to the banks of the Susquehanna, which we strike a short 



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POPULAR RESORTS, AND HOAV TO REACH THEM. 



distance below Ilarrisburg ; and until we reach that place the river is 
constantly in view. On the opposite banks the trains on the Northern 
Central Railroad, with passengers from Baltimore and Washington, can 
be seen. 

A few miles above Ilarrisburg, the Pennsylvania Railroad crosses the 
Susquehanna over a bridge ;3, 8-1.3 feet long, affording an imposing view 
of the river and surrounding scenery. At this point the mountain barrier 
has been forced asunder by some mighty convulsion ; and the grand old 
stream, having united its forces above, moves calmly on to the sea. This 
mountain gorge is the gate which opens to fields beyond of untold wealth 
and beauty. From this point, by the Northern Central and Philadelphia 
and Erie Railroads, on the east bank of the river, we can continue a 
hundred miles along this beautiful stream, with scenes ever changing 
ever new, and yet so beautiful that every turn presents a charming 
picture. Here bold, precipitous mountains, with overhanging rocks, 
crowd down to the river's bank, around which we quickly glide : again 
the hills recede to the blue distance, giving place to rich, cultivated fields 
and cosey farm-houses. But our course leads up the irest bank of the Sus- 
quehanna, the most magnificent river in Pennsylvania, to the mouth of 




THE BEAUTIFUL JUNIATA. 



Turning up this lovely stream, whose praises have been sung by the 
poet's muse, we flash along its banks, around the hills, and through the 
valleys, catching, as we go, glimpses of picturesque villages, quiet vistas, 
and charming landscapes, stopping at last at Altoona. 



POPULAR RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 



1% 



" Altoona is situated at the hea<l of Logan Valley, immediately at the 
base of the main Alleghany Mountains, and is the location of the principal 
construction and repair shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. 
This Company has, in fact, created the town ; and the business it concen- 
trates here not only sustains it, but stimulates it into prosperity and rapid 
growth The shops of the Company are among the most extensive and 
comi.lete on the continent, and in themselves are objects of more than 
ordinary interest, illustrating, as they do, the perfection of American 
railroad management." 



tM.SiySJEii|l|! 




LOGAN HOUSE, ALTOONA, PENN. 
Pennsylvania Railroad. 

Southward from Altoona runs a system of branch railroads, penetrat- 
ing- the extensive iron deposits and rich agricultural valleys existing in 
Blair County. The manufacture of iron is extensively carried on all 
throuoh this'region, some of the establishments being large and complete. 
The limestone valleys are highly improved, and among the most pro- 
ductive in rennsylvania. Wedged in between the eastern spurs ot tlie 
AUeghanies, they are surrounded by picturesque scenery, and enjoy an 
atmosphere of more than ordinary purity. The streams flownig through 
them are fed by mountain springs, and are deliciously cool and cleai 
affording favorite homes for trout; and the angler finds the locality one 
of his paradises. 



136 



POPULAR RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM, 



At Altoona, our sharpened appetite appeased at the Logan House, 
one of the many excellent hotels built by the Company for the accom- 
modation of travellers, and re-enforced by an additional locomotive, with 
undiminished speed we dash up a grade of ninety-five feet to the mile. 
Bold precipices and deep chasms threaten our further course ; yet up, up the 
mountain-side we climb, — this load of living freight, along a route which 
the frightened deer would have shunned a half century ago. But now 
our course is surely barred : high precipices tower above our heads ; and 
the roar of a wild torrent can be heard through the mists of the deepen- 
ing valley below. As we enter a gorge, the mountain flings itself in our 
patli ; but, turning to the left, on we fly. We pass the famous " Horse- 
shoe Bend," and the race is won. By engineering skill, that charm of 
science, this seemingly impassable gulf is safely passed. The train soon 
enters a tunnel of 3,872 feet, and emerges on the western face of the 
mountains. We stop at " Cresson " the popular summer resort, near 
the summit of the Alleghanies, and leave the visitors to this delightful 
" retreat." 




MOUNTAIN HOUSE, CRESSON, PENN. 
Pennsylvania Railroad. 

"Cresson — situated almost on the summit of the Alleghany Moun- 
tains, where they are crossed by the Pennsylvania Railroad, at an alti- 
tude of two thousand feet above the level of the sea — is a very popular 
resort durinsf the hot months of summer. 



POPULAU KESORTR, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 137 

The accommodations provided are of the best kind ; tlie surround- 
ings are attractive; the atmosphere is deliciously cool and pure." 
The primeval forests, with which the place is surrounded, are permeated 
by a labyrinth of paths, cosey nooks, and rustic seats. Berries of the most 
luxuriant growth abound; "and, in brief, it would be difficult to find a 
more delightful retreat from the stifling heat of cities in midsummer, 
than is here provided by nature and art combined. Several springs of 
medicinal waters flow from the mountain in the vicinity ; and pleasant 
drives lead away through the almost unbroken forests, where the laurel 
spreads its wreath of blossoms in spring, and resinous hemlocks and pines 
give forth their aroma, and sigh their ceaseless music. The old Portage 
Road, with its ten inclined planes — once an American wonder, but now 
abandoned — crossed the mountain very near to Cresson, and in its ruins 
possesses great interest for all who note the advance of improvement. 
A short distance from the place, and accessible by stages, is Loretto, a 
centre of Catholic faith and education, founded by Father (rallitzen, a 
prince of the noble house of that name in Russia, who retired into this 
wilderness, and devoted his fortune and his life to the cause of religion." 

On resuming our westward course with rapid speed, the downward 
grade is passed : yet the Westinghouse Air Brake controls the train, giv- 
ing security to its movements, and ease and confidence to the tourist. 
The scenery from the Alleghanies to Pittsburg, though fine, does not 
compare with the remarkable combination of the beautiful, thegr and, 
and the sublime to be found east of the mountains. 

Pittsburg is located at the junction of the Monongahela and Alleghany 
Rivers, the head waters of the Ohio. It commands an immense inland 
navigation, and possesses remarkable geographical advantages. It is 
situated in the heart of the bituminous coal formation ; and the location 
of extensive beds of iron ore is equally favorable. Pittsburg is also an 
important railway centre, besides being one of the most thriving manu- 
facturing cities in the Union. The scenery here is bold and striking. 

The Branch Roads of this Company reach some of the most delight- 
ful summer resorts in the United States, and carry the traveller through 
scenery as beautiful as can be found on the continent. At Ilarrisburg 
connection is made with the Cumberland Valley Railroad, which passes 
through the lovely Cumberland and into the great Shenandoah Valley 
of Virginia. At Huntingdon trains are in waiting to convey visitors to 
the famed Bedford Springs ; and at Tyrone connection is made with the 
Bald Eagle Valley and Clearfield Roads, which run through regions un- 
surpassed in picturesqueness. Indeed, as before stated, to give any thing 
like a connected sketch of the scenery reached by the Pennsylvania Rail- 
road and its branches, would require a book of itself. 



138 POPULAR RESORTS, AND IIOAV TO REACH THEM. 

NEW YORK CITY AND VICINITY. 

New York City does not come within the design of this work, as a 
place of "popuhir resort." It is the great cities whose tens of thou- 
sands swarm to distant places, in pursuit of rest and recreation, when 
tlie sun pours down its summer heats. Cities have their peculiar 
points of striking- interest, distinctive of art and wea-lth, refinement 
and cultivation. These are about as well studied, in the main, at one 
season as at another. Nature has there been subdued ; and moi"e fornuvl 
things usurp her claims. But all our notable cities have their fringes of 
exquisite charms, replete with luxuries and delicacies, to which the mul- 
titude make frequent resort ; and from these prolific centres the pilgrims 
in pursuit of ease or pastime make their summer journeys. The vast 
suburban regions around New York present an infinite variety of nooks 
and resting-places free from heat and glare and city turmoil. To enu- 
merate these in detail would be useless. If we can glance at the leading 
Hues of inviting travel, and places for repose, the balance can all be 
tukeu in while thus upon the wing. 

UP THE HUDSON. 

Taking royal precedence of all rivals, commencing at the city of New 
York, is the Hudson River, — or, rather, its grand and glorious shore 
views. Novelty, in describing this renowned river, has long since passed 
out of the possible. Its panegyrists embrace the ablest pens and the 
most gifted minds, not to speak of the hosts who have tried and failed. 
Indeed, the scenery that paints the margin of the Hudson, and as far into 
the remote as vision can reach, simply defies the power of descriptive 
delineation in printer's ink. The delicate and appreciative colors of the 
true artist alone can exhibit the tenderness of the tints and shades; the 
gently serpentine lines ; the valleys and verdure ; the modest undida'ion ; 
the sharp and rugged ascent ; the grand and majestic mountain curves 
and piercing summits, with their soft haze, virgin blues, aiul rich, deep 
purples; and all these repeated, like a dream echo, in the water mirror 
between. It is genius only that can attempt to convey some grateful 
idea of how the scenery of the Hudson River fascinates and delights all 
minds and all grades of people, when viewed in the full glory of a robust 
summer. To enjoy the i-iver to advantage, one should make the day trip. 
by steamer for Albany. What will be seen must be left for the reader 
to learn by study, as he winds along the sinuous route of the river. It 
will richly repay for the time and cost of the trip, as a rare painting by 
nature, graced by many a gem of architecture and art. 

It should be borne in mind, that along the Hudson River, and at points 
not remote from its waters, are numerous memorable localities, where 



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POFULAIl RESORTS, A>fD HOAV TO REACH THEM, 139 

some of the sharpest conflicts and most momentous events of the Revo- 
kitionary war occurred. The holding of New York City by the British; 
their efforts to extend their occupation, and that of the patriots to hem 
them into as narrow a space as possible, — these, with the distractions 
which attend all like scenes, stamped the still living impress of the strug- 
gle upon many a field of strategy, skirmish, and battle. Of these. Forts 
^V"ashingtou and Lee (both close to the city) are notable ; also Fort Tryon 
and King's Bridge. All these spots are mentioned in histories of the 
Revolution, especially the desperate battle at King's Bridge, in 1777. 

Yonkers is as familiar to a New Yorker as the Central Park. 

The lover of old stories will find rare studies of old things around Pier- 
mont, N.Y., more especially the jail in which ]\Iajor Andre was confined, 
and the spot where he was executed. These are at the ancient town of 
Tappan, near Piermont. 

Washington Irving's home, " Sunnyside," is plainly seen on the right 
as you ascend the River Hudson. 

Tarrytown, N.Y., where Major Andre was arrested, is a notable place. 
Cooper's graphic descriptions of the " Skinners " and " Cowboys " are 
laid in this region ; and Irving's "Sleepy Hollow" is also close by. 

Sing Sing, N.Y., is chiefly noted for its great prison and the Croton 
Aqueduct. 

Croton Point, N.Y., holds the great lake and the vast reservoirs which 
supply the city of New York with water. Some of the grandest triumphs 
of modern engineering skill are here to be seen. 

At Haverstraw, N.Y., Arnold and Andre met to arrange for the surren- 
der of West Point. It is about forty miles up the river. 

The famous "Stony Point," the scene of "Mad" Anthony Wayne's 
gallant exploit, lies just above Haverstraw, in New York State. 

Peekskill, N.Y., has several Revolutionary reminiscences in its midst. 
On the opposite side of the river is the place where Capt. Kidd is said 
to have buried the treasures so much sought for, but not yet found. 

Ascending Hudson River, and once past Peekskill, the grand diversities 
of "the Highlands" open to view, and continue to excite wonder and 
admiration, beyond the jDower of language adequately to express. These 
commence about fifty miles up the Hudson, and are probably unsur- 
passed for romantic scenery by any river travel in the Old World or in the 
New. To mention even the more notable, much less all the familiar fea- 
tures along and near this river, or to attempt a detailed description of them. 
would demand too much space. 

West Point, the most renowned fortification on this continent, stands 
at the entrance to the Highland scenery of Hudson River, N.Y., and is a 
specially conspicuous object of interest to strangers. 

Back from the Hudson River, N.Y., some dozen miles, rise the cele- 



140 POPULAR RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 

brated Kaatskill (more generally " Catskill ") ^Mountains. These are 
full of striking objects of rare and wonderful diversity, in the study of 
which no intelligent person of elevated tastes can ever weary. It Avas in 
these mountains that Rip Van Winkle took his wonderful nap. 

The traveller in New York State who has the leisure can reach all the 
more attractive places, herein mentioned, by rail or by steamer, — and 
guide-books, with excellent descriptions and facts, may be readily pro- 
cured before commencing to " do " that region, — by starting from New 
York City. 

VICIXITY OF NEW YORK. 

The objects of prominent interest within easy reach of New York 
are innumerable ; and the demands of so vast a population must neces- 
sarily develop abundant and ready means of access to all of these. 

The stupendous work at High Bridge, by which Croton water is taken 
over the Harlem Rivei% is easily reached, and richly worth studying. 

Trips are constantly made down the bay, from New York City, to many 
attractive resorts, and especially to island watering-places of much note. 
To all of these, throngs of every class go; but the companies assembled 
are not always the most orderly or choice. 

Long Island, lying between the Atlantic and Long Island Sound, 
receives a large summer population, and is profusely provided with facil- 
ities for rambling, bathing, shooting, and fishing. The Long Island Rail- 
road is the principal line of communication, although the Coney Island, 
the New York and Flushing, the Southside, and other routes, afford a 
wide and ready scope of access to the various resorts for pleasure-seekers. 

New Lebanon Springs, of much celebrity for their medicinal 
properties, attord a very delightful region to visit, independent of the 
interest felt by invalids in the healthful waters. This place may be 
reached by the Harlem Road, from New York. 

Few persons go to New Lebanon Springs without gratifying their curi- 
osity by a visit to the Shaker village, two miles off. to study Shaker life. 

Columbia Springs, near Hudson, is a favorite resort at all seasons, 
for great numbers of visitors, but in the summer more especially. 

Lake George, which is a modest world of land and water beauties, — 
too little cultivated by hunters after charming scenery and healthful air. 
I.,ake George is a fairy land of wonderful fascinations ; and the weary of 
l)ody and mind, or the despondent and languid invalid, and no less the 
strong and healthful, will find both mind and body invigorated, and the 
soul elevated, by a sojourn among the picturesijue beauties of that lovely 
lake. 



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EXCURSION THROUGH LONG ISLAND SOUND, 

BY THE STONINGTOX LINE. 

Nothing conduces so much to the pleasure of travel as a feeling of 
security. Whether flashing through the valleys of a beautiful landscape, 
around the hills, along the streams, or across the broad jirairies ; 
whether skimming the waters of some placid lake, stemming the current 
of a mighty river, or ploughing old " ocean's billows," — the pleasure of the 
excursion will be in direct ratio to the confidence of the excursionist in 
the character and reliability of the route. In this particular The Ston- 
INGTON Steamuoat Line stauds at the head of steam travel in America. 







These boats possess the advantage of having been snbstantially built for 
outside service. They lay low in the water, presenting less surface to 
the winds, and in storms ride the waves "like a thing of life." They 
are unsurpassed for speed, comfort, and safety ; and, whatever the state 
of the weather, always make the trip, and are sure of connections. 

The change from the busy whirl and heated streets of a crowded city 
to the open harbor, where the sea-breeze sweeps unobstructed from shore 
to shore, is a source of great relief ; and the sail from New York, through 
the harbor, up the East River, through Hell Gate, and down Long Island 
Sound, is one of the most delightful on the coast. The ferry-boats fly 



142 POPLLAK PvESORTS, AND IIOAV TO liEACH THEM. 

hither and thither like things of life. The gayly-dressed ships, bearing 
the fruit and merchandise of foreign climes ; the forest of masts, ■with 
their streaming pennants, Avhich for miles line the -wharves along -which 
v.csail: the magnificent suburban residences and fine public buildings, 
-with culti\'ated grounds, -which adorn the banks; and the receding city 
clothed in the rich, warm glo-w of a beautiful sunset, — combine to make 
this sail one of the enjoyable episodes of a pleasant tour. This is the 
GREAT INSIDE LixE, leaA'ing Ne-w York every afternoon (Sundays ex- 
cepted) from Pier 33, Xorth River, at 5, p.m., in summer, and 4 in winter, 
and continuing to Boston via Stonington, entirely avoiding Point Judith, 
a dangerous promontory, against which, during storms, the waves dash 
with feai'ful violence, making the passage, if not always dangerous, at 
least unpleasant to persons unaccustomed to sea-life. 

The Providence Railroad, by wliich passengers from the boat con- 
tinue to Boston, is one of the best appointed in the country. Its Chair 
Cars are a great luxury, and add much to the comfort of tourists. 

THE STONINGTON LINE POSSESSES ANOTHER IMPORTANT ADVANTAGE. 

Should any detention of the cars, or the probability of a rough or 
foggy night on the Sound, render such a course desirable, passengers from 
Boston for New York can change cai's before reaching the boat, and con- 
tinue on the Shore Line by rail, thus insuring Southern or Western 
connections in New York. 

DAY-nOAT. 

The Sloniiif/ton Line has built and magnificently furnished a splendid 
boat, of 3,000 tons burthen. The Rhode Island, Capt. Jones, whicli 
will leave Pier 30 North lliver, at the foot of Chambers Street, at 12 
o'clock, noon, and Pier at the foot of 23d Street, East River, at 1, p.m., 
affording passengers the iniequalled pi'ivilege of a sail through Long 
Island Sound by daylight, arriving in Boston, at the Providence Depot, 
the same evening. No person who has not experienced it can conceive 
of the grateful change of atmosphere from a heated city, or dusty cars, 
to this palatial structure; and, with the uncontrolled freedom of the 
boat, spacious dining-room, elegant state-rooms and smoking-room, with 
abundant oiiportunity for promenade inside or out, none can fail to enjoy 
the sail. A cool place can alwai/s be found in the hottest summer day. 
This line is particularly desirable for tourists on the morning trains from 
the South or West. Returning, the cars leave Boston at the Providence 
Depot at 8, p.m., and reach New York at 6, a.m. 

Tickets and state-rooms sold, .\nd baggage checked, in New 
York, to Boston and all points Kast; and in Boston, at 82 Washington 
Street, and Providence Depot, to New York and all points South and West. 



POPULAn KKSOr.TS, AND HOW TO KEACII THEM. 143 

The City of Boston. — If we depart from the general plan of this 
work, to take special note of a great city, it is because Boston stands out 
in marked distinctiveness from every other city on the continent, — per- 
haps it should be said, from all others of the whole world. For a certain 
class of vacation tourists, Boston contains as much to study and enjoy 
as IS found by other classes in the ]ieaceful woods, the mountain sub- 
limities, or the ocean's grand moods. The claim to pre-eminence among 
all our cities, for lavish profusion and unstinted generosity in all mat- 
t,*rs pertaining to moral, intellectual, and philanthropic progress, is 
conceded to Boston, without dispute. Xor are these characteristics spas- 
modic or ephemeral. From the earliest history of the Puritanical 
settlements, this distinction has marked the history of Massachusetts, 
with Boston as the chief and centre of its manifestations. Institutions 
of learning; of moral and Christian teaching; of broad and compre- 
hensive philanthropy; of art; of aesthetic culture; of hygiene; of all 
which tends to refine, purify, and elevate the race, — are not merely found 
here, but are full of progressive vigor. It is the innumerable systems 
of these classes, which induce many summer tourists to dwell for a sea- 
sou in Boston. We shall not delay to particularize these ; for they would 
require a book to detail them. 

For tortuous and nari-ovv streets, lanes, courts, and alleys, no city of 
equal size can or would compete with Boston. Its plan, if it can be 
called such, may have been original with wandering cows and sheep ; 
but no other design could ever have devised it as originally built 
since the late fire, however, many of the streets have been widened and 
extended, thus bringing some regularity out of seeming chaos ; and the 
general architecture has been greatly inqiroved, and in many cases is 
rich and elegant. The contrast of costly edifices, side by side with 
tumble-down ricketiness, is not to be found. 'W^hat remain, even, 
of the older buildings are rapidly giving way to new. Widening of 
streets is progressing at enormous cost ; and the demand for business 
facilities finds ample wealth to meet it. The city proper may be pleas- 
antly studied. 

Rare, beautiful, and refreshing to the eye as is Boston Common, the 
pride of Bostonians, the suburbs are even more attractive and grateful. 
AVe doubt if there is a city in the world with sucli a clustering zone of 
half city, half-country, — half nature, half art, — as adorns the environs 
of Boston. The peninsula being so much absorbed by trade, the popida- 
tiou is forced to " roost " outside. Here, then, wealth and refined taste 
are free to combine and adorn. The stranger needs no special direc- 
tions. Any course will suffice for the start; and the net-work of inter- 
laced steam, horse-cai% and carriage roads will permit one to study the 
whole of the delicious panorama, before finishing the day. Or, taking one 



144 POPULAR KESOUTS, AND HOW TO IIEACH TIIEAf. 

of the easy, luxurious carriages with which the city abounds, you may 
maliC the sweep first to Chelsea on the north, and, moving always to the 
left, traverse twenty or thirty miles of constant panorama, filled with 
beauty and diversity, and finish by a return through Roxbury or South 
Boston. It is true, every great city has its peculiar and undeniable at- 
tractions ; but, upon the whole, Boston probably is the one, among them 
all, that most excels in its suburbs and rural retreats. 

.Another day, or more, can be spent with equal profit and pleasure in 
the harbor. The stranger has only to turn to the daily papers for in- 
formation regarding the many "popular resorts, and how to reach them," 
to be found in the vicinity of the ■' Athens of America." 

Scarborough Beach, Me., is another of those resorts which still pre- 
serve very much of their old-time and old-fashioned freshness; with social 
quiet, good frolics, plenty of chance for rambling and courting, fishing 
and shooting. It is quite a favorite resort. Reached by the " Boston 
and ]Maine Railroad." 

Rye Beach, N.H., half a century ago had an occasional straggling 
admirer, or, possibly, a company from the back country, in the summer 
season, to appreciate its beauties and enjoy its lonely solitude. But it 
has since acquired a distinctive fame. At present its popularity is 
widely established ; and thousands make it their resort for recreation and 
rest. It is animated and exhilarating in '• the season," and is able to 
maintain its partial preference against all rivals of the coast. It is 
abundantly supplied with every source of enjoyment, — city, country, sea, 
and fashionable elegancies and refinements, and all modes and moods of 
life, to suit all tastes. Visitors must take the "Eastern Railroad." 

The Adirondacks of New York have sprung into sudden and 
universal fame and favoritism. The region has all the novelty of a 
primeval land, diversified by every variety of landscape and unsearclied 
solitudes ; and has the freshness and rare novelty of guides, who alone 
know the secret wealth of this new Paradise. The atmosphere is remark- 
ably pure, and free from malarious poisons and from chilling damps ; so 
that sudden colds and tormenting fever heats are scarcely known. At 
present the Adirondacks may boast of its primitive charms; but the 
region will, doubtless, be materially altered, in this respect, ere long, as 
visitors to this region are annually numbered by thousands. 

Portage, some three hundred and sixty miles from New York City, by 
the Erie Road, will tempt the tourist to a few days' tarry, and fully repay 
for the time. 



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SHELTER ISLAND. 

" MANHANSET-AHA-CUSIfA-WOMMUCK." 

Literally ^'An hlaml aliellcrcd by Islanfls.'" 

A REFERENCE to the map of Long Island will discover near its eastern 
extremity an inlet known as " Peconic," or Gardiner's Bay. This bay 
contains a number of beautiful islands, the most prominent of which 
bears the above appellation. From the days when the red man, in his 
birch canoe, glided over these beautiful waters ; or through the rise and 
fall of the whale fishery, when Greenport, the principal town, was in the 
height of its prosperity, — to the present time, Shelter Island, by whatever 
name it has been called, has always been known as a most charming 




spot. This island contains about nine thousand acres. The surface is 
undulating; and the soil is rich and productive, while bowlders of great 
size are fomid. The red sandstone, from Middletown on the Connecticut 
River; the gray gneiss, white quartz, sandstone, and variegated granite, 
from Connecticut, INIassachusetts, New Hampshire, and Canada, — are all 
represented. The remains of primeval forests still exist, — groves of 
gigantic oak, interspersed with cherry-trees of unusual size, evergreen 
and locust groves, the latter making the atmosphere redolent with their 
rich fragrance ; while native vines and creepers everywhere abound, and 
from the forest trees hang in a thousand artistic forms. 



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POrUT.AR RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 



SHELTER-ISLAND PARK. 






Two hundred acres of the northern portion of the island bear the above 
appellation. This is adjacent to the villa^^e of Greenport, L.I.. and is 
only separated from it by the harbor, at this point less than a mile in 
width. The surface is varied and undulating, rising in the interior to a 
height of sixty feet above the water, sloping gently down to the shore on 
Bering Harbor, and terminating in an abrupt bluff, frequently broken by 
picturesque ravines, presenting numerous sites for cottages and villas, 
most of them commanding grand views of land and water scenery. 

The sea-front of Locust Point, opposite Greenport, presents a bluff 
from twenty to fifty feet high, crowned by open groves of locust, oak, 
hickory, cherry, &c., abounding 'n grape-vines, Virginia creeper, and 
other trailing plants. From this a natural ravine leads down to the 
water, at the mouth of which a fine wharf for a steamboat landing has 
been constructed. 




MANHANSET HOUSE, 
Shelter-Island Park. 

The location of the Manhanset House is grand and imposing. It rises 
high above the surrounding country, and from the entrance of the bay, 
as we sail up the liarbor, is the one absorbing object of attraction. 

It stands on a bluff fifty feet above the water, and is reached from the 
wharf by a con ci-ete walk — an inclined plane of easy grade — to steps 
which lead to the main entrance on the northern front. The walk also 
continues to the western or carriage entrance ; and a branch leads to the 
eastern entrance. A drive-way follows up the ravine, by which guests 
who desire are taken to the house. 



POPULAR UESOKTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 147 

The main building is two liundred feet long, with an L of two hundred 
feet ; along which are verandas fifteen feet in width, both of which com- 
mand a view of the boat-landing. The main building fronts the north, 
securing for its veranda, whicli commands the harbor from shore to 
shore, perpetual shade. The house is located to give a water-view from 
every window. An octagon is constructed in the eastern angle, from 
which rises a tower to the height of one liundred and seventy-six feet 
above the water. Into this a staii'way leads from the fourth story to 
look-out rooms on the floors above. These, with the open balconies 
which entirely surround them, command one of the most magnificent 
panoramic views imaginable. 

From the main entrance a broad passage leads through the house : 
this is bisected by another running from end to end, each terminating in 
broad doors, by which the most perfect ventilation is secured. The 
large public parlor is to the left, with folding-doors opening to the octa- 
gon in the base of the tower, which coinmands a charming view of two 
hundred and seventy degrees, embracing the steamboat-landing and har- 
bor beyond. From the main entrance the gentlemen's parlor opens to 
the right, with several private parlors beyond, all fronting the harbor. 
The office is directly in front, with the main stairway, wash and coat 
rooms, barbei-'s shop, and other offices, on either side. A long and com- 
modious billiard-hall occupies the basement of the western end, whicJi 
proves a very attractive feature, ]iarticularly in rainy weather. 

The main dining-hall, seventy-six feet long, is located in the L, with 
windows commanding a fine water-view opening to the east. Beyond 
the dining-hall are the serving-rooms, pantries, kitchen, &c., embracing 
all modern improvements in the culinary art ; while the bakery, chill- 
room, ice-room, store-rooms, laundry, drying-rooms, and servants' rooms, 
are in the basement below, which opens to a broad veranda. The boiler- 
room is located in a separate house contiguous to the main building. 

Broad stairways lead to the second story : a walk runs from end to 
end of the main building and L, affording a fine opportunity to exercise 
in unpleasant weather. They each terminate in open balconies, which 
command unrivalled views. The ladies' parlor is directly over the main 
entrance, with a broad balcony in front. The rooms of the main 
building ai-e divided into suites, with bath-rooms on tlie same floor. An 
ojien balcony surrounds the octagon, and forms an important feature. 

The third story is arranged almost precisely like the second, except 
the ladies' parlor. 

The fourth stoi-y is also arranged with desirable rooms, and all modern 
conveniences. All the stories are high, the rooms large and airy, the 
passages and verandas broad; and every feature of improvement has 
been made which would add to the comfort or pleasure of guests. 



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POPULAR KESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 



LOCATION". 

The hotel is situated in the midst of a beautiful open grove, which is 
permeated by drives and walks. The eastern border is covered by a 
large growth of hickory, maple, cherry, sassafras, chestnut, and oak, 
some of these original forest trees, to the depth of from sixty to eighty 
rods. The shore of Haven's Creek is wooded throughout its length. 
^^'ithin this belt of forest is an open area of sixty acres, upon which here 
and there rise a few wide-spreading oaks and hickories. Shelter-Island 
Park was laid out by R. Morris Copeland, Esq., landscape gardenei-. 
Philadelphia, and presents the attractions of nature beautified by art. 
It affords sites for villas and cottages in great variety, and is possessed 
of advantages for summer life rarelv found. 




SUMMER LIFE. 

The coast line of Shelter Island is remarkably tortuous, consisting of 
points and inlets, which undoubtedly accounts for the abundance of fish 
everywhere to be found. About two-thii'ds of the island has been under 
cultivation. Shelter Island was included in the crown grant to the Earl 
Stirling, in 1636, and was bestowed by him as a gift to his agent James 
Farrett. He sold it in 1641 to Stephen {4oodyear, Deputy Colonial Gov- 
ernor of Connecticut; and he conveyed it to Capt. Nathaniel Sylvester 
and his bi'other Constant Sylvester of Boston, and Thomas Rouse and 



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149 



Thomas Middleton, merchants of Boston, for "sixteen lamdrcd ponmls of 
f/oo'I merchantable muscovado siifjar.'' Through an act of confiscation by 
the Dutch Governor of New York, Anthony Colve, the whole island fell 
into the possession of Nathaniel Sylvester, and was bequeathed by him 
in equal shares to his five sons. 





Among the curiosities of Shelter Island Park 
is a iC'ciip <>i Stirling oaks of original growth, 
whose wide-spreading branches afford a cool 
and delightful shade. 






It was settled mainly from New England about 1650, and has at pres- 
ent some seven hundred inhabitants. The archives of the older families, 
now resident upon it, are full of interesting history of the Colonial and 
Revolutionary periods. 



150 popurak kksohts, ani> how to keach them. 

amusp:ments. 

The drives which traverse the island in all directions are full of pic- 
turesque variety; and the views from some of the higher lands, in extent 
and beauty, are not exceeded by those of any watering-place south of 
Mt. Desert. The surface of the roads is fine, the soil being particularly 
adapted to that purpose. 

The prevailing cool south-west breeze, and the dry, balmy atmosphere, 
give a special charm to this climate. 

Bering Harbor affords perfectly land-locked anchorage for yachts in 
from two to five fathoms ; while the surrounding waters of (Gardiner's 
and Peconic Bays, and Shelter Island and Long Island Sound, furnish 
every variety of excellent sailing. The coast-survey charts are most 
detailed in their record of soundings, buoys, and light-houses. 

Fish abound in great variety, and it is only necessary to add, in quan- 
tities so abundant that many persons gain a livelihood by taking them. 

The crystal clearness of the water adds to the pleasure of the bathers. 
The tide rises and falls but three feet, whicli gives additional security to 
this healthful amusement. 

Sportsmen will be attracted to this locality by the abundance of plover, 
woodcock, quail on the upland, snii)e on the beaches, and ducks, coots, 
and other water-fowl in the bays which surround Shelter Island. 

COMMUNICATION'S. 

Few places naturally isolated are so accessible as Shelter Island. The 
steam-ferry, which plies constantly between Greenport and Shelter-Island 
Park, virtually connects tliem. Several trains run daily on the Long 
Island Railway, whicli terminates at Greenport. A line of steamers 
leaves New York at evening, by which guests are landed at Shelter 
Island on the following morning. Lines of boats run daily between 
Shelter Island and New London and Saybrook, Conn., connecting directly 
with th3 "Shore Line" and "Connecticut Valley" Railroads, and 
through them with the entire railroad system of New England. 

For further information, address Munhamet House, Shelter-Island Park, 

New York. 

Fred. H. Gould, Proprietor. 



POPULAR RKSORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 151 

Saratoga Springs, N.Y. — Elsewhere, very brief allusion is made 
to Saratoga and to Niagara Falls. These famous places are so well 
known and generally understood, that any special account of their pecu- 
liarities would seem to be luinecessary and superfluous. Possibly, how- 
ever, more particular notice may be desirable by some who read this 
work, to aid in deciding " AVhere am I to go ? " in vacation time, and who 
wish to consider tlie whole field. Saratoga Springs may be visited from 
New York City, either by the Hudson River to Albany, or by the New 
York Central Railroad ; and a new and very desirable route, from the 
romantic scenery it passes, is via Central Railroad of New Jersey, 
through Mauch Chunk, Wilkesbarre, Scranton, &c. (see description of 
Central Railroad of New Jersey); or from Boston, — circuitous but 
diversified and charming routes, — by various railroads; those from the 
Fitchbiu-g. the Boston and Albany, and the Lowell passing through every 
description of inhabited, rural, and mountainous regions, and therefore 
to be preferred. Taking either of these initial points as the starting- 
place, ample novelties will invite one's leisure throughout the distances 
travelled. The chief places of special interest found by the New York 
line of travel have already been noted. The sweep around the country 
required by the Boston start is rich in natural and artificial wonders. 
Commencing at either of the named Boston stations, the first hour passes 
in the midst of delightful tovvuiiand villages, which are mere tributaries 
of Boston, and are sustained by, and aid to sustain, the great '-Hub."" 
Here are residences of perfect taste, and surrounded by rural charms, 
filUng the minds of visitors with continued pleasure. Some of tlie places 
through which the lines of travel pass are renowned in Colonial and 
Revolutionary histories. Those routes which converge at Fitchburg 
diverge again towards Saratoga Springs, Niagara Falls, the Adirondacks, 
Lake George, the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and the health- 
ful quietudes of the Green Mountains of Vermont. Whichever course 
is preferred, the enthusiasm of the refined traveller constantly warms 
and renews as the glory and splendor of summer verdure, of hills, val- 
leys, meadows, purling streams, and cosey homes, — -all speeding by like 
the flight of birds, — break upon the vision in ever-varying novelty and 
freshness. It may well be i-emarked here, that no veteran of the road 
ever prepares for a pleasure jaunt without first procuring tables of rail- 
road and water lines of communication, and thoroughly mastering his 
course of march and how he will proceed. He then secures his through 
ticket, and is prepared to enjoy his pleasure campaign, without the flutter 
and annoyance of constant doubt as to whither he is moving, and where 
any change of base should be made. Ladies, especially, ought to ponder 
this hint. 

Should your course from Boston be towards Niagara Falls or the Adi- 



152 POPULAR RESOP.TS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 

rondacks or Quebec, your departure is made from Fitchburg b}^ a different 
line from the one to be choseu if the aim be for the niountaiu regions of 
New Hampshire or Vermont. This the intelligent reader will readily 
understand. Of course, should you curve around towards the populous 
State of New York, the chief features of the country will be studded by 
characteristics of man's busy industry and aggregation into communities. 
But in the sparsely settled States of New Hampshire and Vermont, 
Nature still reigns in undisturbed stillness, and in the full beauty and 
bloom of her pristine charms. 

Having decided, then, by what ways you will approach, say. Saratoga 
Springs, and having reached that fashionable IMecca at last, what are you 
to do ? What is is there to be " done " ? Simply nothing, or nearly 
that, except to drink water from one or all of the thirty odd medicinal 
springs of the place, and be fashionable, according to the sickly senti- 
mentality of that health restoring and desti'oying sjiot. 

" Like Newport by the sea, Saratoga is often called the Queen of Amer- 
ican watering-places; and this dual sovereignty is generally acknowl- 
edged. The hotel system of Saratoga is iun"i vailed elsewhei-e in the world ; 
and, although equal to the accommodation of eighteen thousand guests, 
it is taxed to its utmost capacity in the month of August (the season 
opens early in June). Broadway is the main street, and extends for sev- 
eral miles, with the chief hotels near its centre, and a succession of costly 
villas beyond. The village is at its brightest in August, when it is 
thronged with visitors, and thousands of i:)rivate and public carriages 
join in the parade of fashion on Broadway and the boulevard. During 
the 'height of the season," the crowds to be seen in all public places, 
the brilliant balls at the gi'and hotels, the music of excellent bands, and 
the many other excitements always prevailing, — make up a scene prob- 
ably unequalled in the world." 

The whole sum of natural scenery, worthy of a walk or ride, afforded 
by the Saratoga Springs area, is surpassed by almost any rural resort of 
our land. If the springs were to dry up, the birds of fashionable plumage 
would flit forever, and the whole of that now populous and prosperous 
resort would "dry up" as well. 

While approaching Saratoga, and within an easy radius of that place, 
the lover of old stories and romantic adventures may find abundant food 
for contemplation in hunting up the many historic fields of wilderness 
campaigns, renownedin the quaint old primitive days. Encounters between 
our Colonial ancestors and the French and Indians, — extending from 
Canada, over wilderness and lake, on to Saratoga itself, — with their 
startling and bloody incidents, fill the mind with a strange fascination. 
Every schoolboy knows the story, especially the last scene, when the 
boastful Burgoyne surrendered to the sturdy patriots under (iates, in 



POPULAK KESORTS, AND HOW TO RKACH TIIKM. 153 

Revolutionary times. Those whose tastes incline to the study of battle- 
fields will find ample attractions within convenient reach from Saratoga. 

Having worked up the great springs, and toned up by them possibly, 
the trip is continued into the Adirondacks, or to romantic Lake George, 
or Niagara Falls and to Quebec, at pleasure. The Adirondacks may be 
approached from several directions of travel, — the lines towards the 
springs and the famous mountain region " forking " at Rutland, Vt. In 
either case, however. Lake Champlain is the point, if it can be called a- 
•'point," to be reached: and now taking steam-travel to Plattsburg, places 
one on the proper spot to commence investigations of the Adirondacks. 

The scenery by rail and steamer, from Saratoga Springs to Lake 
(ieorge, thence on to Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks, is not sur- 
passed, for novelty, beauty, or grandeur, by any known i-esorts for stran- 
gers and guests in the world. To become even tolerably familiar with 
the leading and more striking features of that vast panorama would 
require many seasons and assiduous study. 

Starting from Saratoga, — or by any of the numerous routes which 
converge at Niagara Falls, —the traveller or wonder-hunter finds 
himself at last in the presence of that world-i-enowned glory of the 
waters. Description of those stupendous Falls has been exhausted long* 
ago. No attempt at details will be made here. There ai"e other sub- 
limities of nature, no less equal in their impressiveness and startling 
grandeur. There are water leaps of loftier heights, and amid scenes 
that fill the soul witli delight and awe. But no such vast volume, no 
like rush and turmoil and thunder, has yet been discovered in the hab- 
itable parts of the globe. AVe find inexpressible delight and profound 
emotion in every variety of earth's peculiar, more exceptional, and fan- 
ciful aspects, — in the tender and sweet calm of woodland green, and 
shady solitudes of rills and wild flowers and birds, and the wavy mists 
of remoter hills ; in the great stabs and scars which mighty convulsions 
have inflicted ; in the stern and sterile summits where ice and snow for- 
ever reign : in the cascades, the sinuous streams, the wave-washed crags 
of the Atlantic shores. But from none of these come such profound 
impressions as from the awful plunges and the reverberating thunders 
of Niagara Falls. AVith a thousand pretentious rivals, it is the crowned 
monarch of them all. 

To Quebec, from the Falls, — first to Lewiston, then by boat u[>on 
I^ake Ontario, and thus to Toronto, thence to Kingston, and so on to 
^lontreal, and finally to Quebec, — will prove as fascinating a tour, in 
its innumerable and singularly wild and beautiful •' sights," as heart 
could desire. 

Many make this a special and final trip, dwelling leisurely at varit)us in- 



I. 14 I'OI'UI.AU KKSOins, AND HOW TO ItKACH THKM. 

terestinglc^calitie.s, and then tuniiiig- lioniewanl. (Jreat numbers, however, 
make the full circle, — taking in the Springs, WatkinsCJlen (see descrip- 
tiqn), the Falls, the Lakes, the turbulent St. Lawrence, the towns and 
cities ; through to jNIoiitreal ; and then by the more northerly course to the 
Green and the "White Mountains ; and finally the lake resorts in New 
Hampshire ; and back through the manufacturing industries and sea-side 
charms of Massachusetts. The northern portions of the country thus 
afford an almost bewildering record of places, of every diversified class, 
for sunmier seekers after pleasure, rest, and recuperated health 

In this work will be found the amplest suggestions for the considera- 
tion of all ; but we will venture to advise the weak and more feeble, 
seeking appetite and strength, to make the tour first by the Springs, the 
Glen, and the Falls, to Quebec ; and then into Vermont, on to New 
Hampshire, and close at the sea-shore of Massachusetts ; not overtasking 
the love of nature or art by any fatiguing efforts ; not to haste too much, 
nor dwell long in any one place ; but move on at perfect leisure, yet with 
sutficient speed to keep the mind constantly in a gently pleased state. 

In a majority of cases it will be found, that, on reaching the hilly re- 
gions and the pure air (the lung-food) of Vermont and New Hampshire, 
there comes a sense of improved strength ; more elasticity and decision 
of mind; a call from the stomach for food, which begins to be relished 
with unwonted craving, and even Johnny-cakes *• taste good." 

Pills and tonics and bitters, and "coddling " a reluctant stomach, are 
doctor's remedies, furnished for fees. But Nature's pharmacy is the only 
safe and sure resort for renewing one's health. 

Clifton Springs " are in Ontario County, New York, near Seneca 
Lake, and on the route by way of Watkins Glen. (See Northern 
Central Railroad.) The surrounding country, in all directions, is pai-- 
ticularly interesting ; and numy remarkable points are within accessible 
distance. The waters are scientifically described as being calcic-sulphur, 
and ai"e recommended as highly beneficial in certain diseases. They 
were first utilized in 1806 by the erection of suitable buildings for the 
accommodation of those who resorted to them from the surrounding 
country. Since then great improvements have been made ; and the 
Springs now enjoy a wide populai-ity." 

Star Island, N.H., is the queen resort of the Tsle of Slioah, "cradled 
in sea," ten miles off the coast. It is unrivalled for its fine fishing, and 
for its cool, invigorating atmosphere. The stanch little steam yacht 
"Major"' with accommodations for 150 passengers, connects with the 
Eastern Railroad at Portsmouth. Tourists can leave Boston at 8, a.m., 
and return at 4, r.M. 



156 POPULAR RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 

THE NORTH MOUNTAIN HOUSE. 

OxE of the most important problems to determine in household mat- 
ters is, " Where shall we spend the hot months of summer ? " A change 
is required : we must go somewhere. The father has become overtaxed 
by the cares of business; the mother is wearied by household duties ; the 
children need a respite ; the health of all demands this change. " But 
where can we go?" are the oft-repeated words. 

Why, there are places enough, — by the sea, at the springs, or in the 
mountains. The newspapers teem with notices of them; and books 
resound with their praises. At Cape ISIay, Atlantic City, Long Branch, 
or Newport; at Bedford Springs, Saratoga, Watkins Glen, or Niagara ; 
at the White Mountains, Mount Desert, Mauch Chunk, or Cresson ; and 
at hundreds of other fashionable resorts, — houses in abundance are open, 
servants are ready, and landlords stand smiling at the door to receive you. 
Their halls dazzle with beauty ; their parlors rustle with fashion ; their 
corridors resound with mirth; and their drives are a whirl of excitement. 
Certainly, with such an array, one need not lack for a choice. 

But it is just this rustle of fashion, this whirl of excitement, that 
deters many of our best citizens from seeking that recreation which their 
health requires. It was to meet this emergency that the North Moun- 
tain House was erected, and a summer home provided where muslin 
and chintz, common sense and comfort, should supplant the prevailing 
customs of popular resorts ; in a word, where dress is not paramount 
to good taste and social enjoyments. Here are good accommodations 
for two hundred guests, all amply supplied with the substantial pro- 
visions of home, in a climate fresh with invigorating atmosphere, with 
springs of pure mountain water, where at reasonable rates a man may 
take his family for the season, and return invigorated and refreshed. 

If the reader would locate the North IMountain House, he is referred 
to that spot on the map of Pennsylvania, between the East and West 
Branches of the Susquehanna River, where the counties of Sullivan, 
Luzerne, and Wyoming corner, from which flow the head-waters of Loyal 
Sock, Muncy, Fishing, Huntington, Kitchen, Bowman, and Mehoopany 
Creeks. There it stands, on the banks of a charming lake, on the sum- 
mit of North Mountain, of the Alleghany range, 2,700 feet above tide- 
water (the highest habitable spot in Pennsylvania), in the centre of an 
vuibroken primeval forest of 2.3,000 acres, not a house within a half- 
dozen miles, and " no one to molest or make afraid." The North 
jNIountain House, as a ]iopular resort, is a success. No '-rustle of 
fashion in the parlors;" though its "corridors resound with mirth," 
and the halls and groimds arc radiant with that beauty and alive with 
that enjoyment which come from good cheer. 



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There is fishing for those who like it, and hunting in the woods ; there 
is sailing on the lake, and roaming in the groves ; there are billiards 
for rainy days, and croquet for fine ; there are scenes for the artist's 
pencil, and abundant sports for all. 




WILD WOODS. 



North Mountain is eighteen miles from Shickshinny, on the East 
Brauch of the Susquehanna, through which passes the " Lackawanna and 



158 rOPlTLAK RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 

Bloomsburg " Railroad, connectiiic^ north with the " Delaware, Lacka- 
wanna and Western." and south with the " Philadelphia and Erie 
road." 

The morning train from Wilkes Barre leaves you at Shicksliinny 
about nine o'clock. A good team can be secured at the hotel ; and 
the drive to North Mountain is delightful. The route is over an 
excellent upland road, and commands a succession of grand and varied 
landscape views, in admiration for which the miles grow short, and 
the distance is the least objectionable feature of the journey. Should 
necessity require, the trip can be made from the afternoon train ; but it is 
not as pleasant, as we have the evening sun in our eyes, and arrive after 
nightfall. The road winds among the hills, rising by easy grade to the 
base of the mountain proper, by which much of its altitude is overcome. 
The side is steep ; but the carriage-way is shaded by forest trees, and is 
exceedingly picturesque. It is overhung in places by frowning rocks ; 
and the rush of an impetuous stream can be heard in the valley below. 

The topography of North INIountain is so different from our general 
acceptation of the term " mountain." — which usually rises to a 
summit crest. — that a brief description of its physical characteristics 
will be in place. Its sides are abrupt, presenting many interesting 
geological features. The summit surface is generally level, beneath 
which the outcropping strata of the carboniferous and sub-carboniferous 
formations are distinctly visible. This forms an extended plateau, broken 
by gentle luidulations. extending thirty miles in length by ten in 
breadth. It is covered by a dense forest of primeval trees, — oak, 
hickory, maple, birch, cherry, hemlock, pine, beech, and other varieties 
usually grown in much higher latitudes. Springs of pure water, crystal 
streams alive with speckled trout, and quiet lakelets, abound. On the 
banks of the largest, HI(/Ii/aii(l Lahc, the North Mountain House has 
been erected. This delightful sheet of water, three miles in circum- 
ference, is fed by springs at its bottom. It abounds in fine varieties of 
fish, and furnishes withal a pleasing source of amusement. Its outlet 
forms the head-waters of Kllchen Creek, which, with seeming reluctance 
at first, leaves its parent head : then, as it moves along, r;athering strength 
by fresh accessions, it soon assumes a bolder course, until the mountain's 
brink is reached, down which it plunges impetuously, forming numerous 
wild cascades, then, with a fearful leap sheer down tlie deep abyssj is 
dashed into snowy spray among the rocks. Ilich, luxuriant foliage 
depends from the overhanging cliffs, through which j)eers the sparkling 
^heen of a midsummer's day, clothing all in bright rainboAV hues. 

" Ganoga Falls" are I'J? feet high. They are of recent discovery, and 
must prove a great acquisition to the attractions of North ^Mountain. 
They are three miles from the house, by a picturesque woodland road. 




En„rn,;;,,.i,r.s.,, ,.- ■■ ,:..-,. i,,. ,: ,'r,,„l„r R. ■,.. an.l ll..,r ,o Reach Tk, 

GANOGA FALLS, NORTH MOUNTAIN, PA. 



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POPULAU RESORTS, AXD HOW TO REACH THEM. 



The immediate approach is wild in the extreme, affording an oppor- 
tunity at comparatively small effort to witness Nature clothed in her 
native dress. 




MOUNTAIN STREAM. 

The stream continues down the mountain side, forming a series of 
wild cataracts and charming cascades, and is also a delightful resort 
ior the angler. 



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161 



The enduring character of the conglomerate and hard sandstone 
formation protects the surface to the mountain's brink ; but the deep 
gorges through which the maddened streams have cut their way, expos- 
ing the formation from surface to base, furnish a field for the geologist, 
of unusual interest, and to the student and lover of wild and romantic 
scenery scenes worthy of the artist's pencil. 




.MmMLjxiii}, 



NORTH MOUNTAIN VIEW. 



The " North Mountain View " is one of the most remarkable features 
of this character. It is on the south-west side of the mountain, less than 



162 POPUr.AR RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 

a half-mile from the house, and is of easy access. To the spectator from 
the head of this wild and broken canon, the scene is indescribable by 
the artist's pencil or writer's pen. It is a singular combination of 
scenery, possessing the grandest features, clothed with the picturesque 
and beautiful, over and beyond which — • stretching far, far away — is 
that immeasurable distance which always " lends enchantment to the 
view." 

A visitor writing of it says, " Here, standing on a perpendicular ledge 
of rocks, you gaze with a mixture of wonder and admiration down upon 
this magnificent view. Seven distinct mountain ranges dovetail one into 
the other, forming a long, deep gorge, through which you look for miles 
beyond miles. . . . Far into the unseen depths of the ravine below is 
heard the roaring of a creek, of which occasional glimpses are seen 
sparkling in the noonday sun." The accompanying cut is from an 
original sketch by the artist, Thomas Hill; and yet the almost magic 
touch of that celebrated artist fell far short of the sublime grandeur of 
nature. 

There are those who delight to sail on the lake, to fish in its waters, 
and walk on its banks ; there are those who find pleasure in roaming 
through the grovos and penetrating to the unbroken depths of the forest ; 
there are those who, following the sportive streams from crest to base, 
watch their falling waters, and amid wreaths of snow-white spray linger 
for hours to tempt the speckled trout ; and those who enter joyously into 
all the sportive games in which the place abounds. But to none is the 
delight so sparkling, the pleasure so pure, the joy so lasting, as to the 
devotee w ho worships at the shi'ine of the North Mountain " View." It 
is the great feature of the place, and the walk to it is delightful. 

The professional hunter and amateur sportsman will be alike interested 
in this field for the exercise of their favorite amusements. The North 
Mountain House consists of two buildings, surrounded and connected by 
long, broad verandas. The older or stone house was built many years 
ago, before the days of railroads, on the old turnpike leading from 
Buffalo, N. Y.. to Sunbury, Penn., which is still used by drovers in transport- 
ing their stock ; and the house is the comfortable home where the weary 
traveller is sure of a cheerful welcome. Its com})lete isolation, surrounded 
by many miles of unbounded forest filled with deer and other large game, 
soon made it the rendezvous, in the autumn and winter months, of 
hunters and sportsmen. During a day spent there by the writer, in 
November, 1873, there were four deer and a bear killed in the immediate 
vicinity, — not an unusual circumstance in the hunting season. The laws 
of the State protect deer during the summer months ; but the autumn 
finds this a rich field for sport. 



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Wild fowl, in their migratory flight, frequently make "Highland 
Lake " their resting-place. Others rear their young in its quiet coves. 




FOREST LIFE. 

The North Mountain House embraces among its patrons many of the 
best families of the State, who select for a sunmier home this healthful 
locality, convenient of access, yet far away from the false life of fashion- 
able resorts ; a spot abounding in the pristine beauties of nature. Here 
they spend the heated term, and return to their homes in autumn re- 
cuperated in strength, with fresh vigor to enter again the battle of life. 



164 POPULAR RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 

*' The Virginia Springs. — Throughout the States of Virginia and 
West Virginia are distributed a large number of mineral springs, all 
more or less noted for their medicinal properties, and the beauty of their 
surroundings. Situated, as they generally are, high up amid the Alle- 
ghany ranges, they enjoy the perfection of mountain atmosphere, and an 
abundance of forest shade. Among these 'fountains of health' may be 
enumerated the Augusta Springs, in Augusta County, Virginia, con- 
sisting of both alum and chalybeate waters ; Bath Alum Springs, 
in Bath County, Virginia; the Berkley Springs, in Morgan County. 
West Virginia ; the Capon Springs, in Hampshire County, West 
Virginia ; the Healing Springs, in Bath County, Virginia, whose 
watei's correspond very nearly in temperature to the Schlangenbad of 
Nassau, being from 80° to 84° Fahr., and are rcconinviided as of the 
highest value in all ulcerous diseases; the Hot Springs, in Bath 
County, Virginia, the temperature of wliich range, at about 100° Fahr., 
and are similar in remedial properties to those of the Healing Springs; 
Jordan's Rock Alum Springs, in Frederick County, Virginia ; the 
Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, in Montgomery County, 
Virginia; the Ra"wley Springs, in Kockingham County, Virgini.a, the 
waters of wliicli are ])ronounced the best pure cJialybeate in the State; 
the Rockbridge Alum Springs, in Rockbridge County, Virginia; 
the Rockbridge Baths, in Rockbridge County, Virginia; the Sweet 
Springs, in Monroe County, West Virginia; the Warm Springs, in 
Bath County, Virginia, similar in character to the Hot and the Healing 
Springs, and of about the same temjierature ; the Yellow Sulphur 
Springs, in MontL'omery County, Virginia ; and the Greenbrier 
White Sulphur Springs, in Creenbrier County, West Virginia. 
These last-named springs are among tlie best known in the United 
States, and, according to a late medical writer, very much resemble the 
celebrated cold sulphur waters of Nenndorf, in Electoral Hesse. They 
are beneficial in a wide range of diseases, embracing those of the liver, 
the skin, and others of a similar character. These springs are the 
Mecca of all Virginia tourists, the resort of the gay and fashionable, 
a place where pleasure-seeking reigns supreme. They are located in 
a beautiful valley, near the summit of the Greenbrier Mountains, about 
two thousand feet above the sea. Within this valley, overlooked by 
mountain summits, is the magnificent hotel. In front the broad lawn 
spreads out, intersected by numerous winding walks. Encompassing 
the lawn on either side are long lines of shining white cottages, embow- 
ered beneath the shade of ancient oaks ; while, at the distant extremity, 
the famous spring bubbles beneath a pavilion. Taking one of the by- 
paths to the right, the ' Lover's Maze ' is soon reached ; where obscurely- 
winding paths lead in every direction amid a thick growth of laurel; 
here the 'season ' throws a spell of animation and revelry." 



rol'ULAIJ KKSORTS, AND UOW TO KEACH TIIE.M. 105 

Gloucester, Mass., is the great centre of the New Enghuul fishing 
interests. Thonsands of her hardy pojudation pnrsne their perilous 
avocation at all seasons of the year, and upon all the great tishing- 
grounds, especially upon the Banks of Newfoundland. Xo season 
passes without its sad tragedies among the vast fleet which leaves the 
harbor of Ciloucester. The sources of pleasure and of cultivated inter- 
course located around (iloucester are worthy of an elaboi'ate detail, and 
are full of agreeable surprises and rare delights. Great numbers take 
the cars of the " Eastern Railroad,'' or boats from Boston direct, in the 
travelling season. 

Rockport, Mass., was once a part of Gloucester. This place will 
not attract a great deal of attention from sight-iiunters, although its ex- 
tensive granite-qiuirries will richly repay a visit. 

The famous and justly popular resort called Pigeon Cove is close by 
Rockport. 'J'liis and other spots of novel and rare curiosities form a 
group of too much interest to be overlooked ; and it has long been a fixed 
centre for a very large summer attendance. Few places on the Xew 
England coast afford greater gratifications to visitors. The trip is made 
by the •• Ivistcrn Railroad." 

Moosehead Lake, Me. This popular summer resort was formerly 
visited exclusively by fishing and hunting parties, but is fast becom- 
ing known to the summer tourists, and sought for by families and 
individuals seeking rest or recreation. Here the pleasure hunter will 
find wild scenery, — rocks and woodland ; water views, with good lake 
and brook fishing; and dense forests, with plenty of game. Reached 
from Boston by the Eastern or Boston and IMaine Railroads, and the 
Maine Central to Dexter, Me., thence thirty miles by stage to Green- 
ville, and steamer to Mount Kenio. Shortest time twenty-two hours 
from Boston. 

Falls of Montmorenci. and Saguenay River. — While at (Que- 
bec the tourist should not fail to visit the Falls of Montmorenci and the 
Saguenay River. The former are nine miles below the city, and liave a 
leap of two hundred and fifty feet. The " Saguenay " is reached by 
steamer, also by the Grand Trunk Railway. This river embodies some 
of the grandest scenery on the continent. It is filled with chasms, cas- 
cades, and rapids. The solid walls of rock which hem it in rise perpen- 
dicularly hundi'eds of feet, and in many places present a surface appar- 
ently finished by the hand of man. The adjacent region is made up of 
rare and interesting scenery, at present little known to the traveler. 



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POPULAR RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 



EXCURSION TO OAK BLUFFS AND KATAMA BAY. 

Thp: coast of New England abounds in beautiful harbors, charming' 
bays, and quiet inlets, many of which are unknown to the public for 
want of means of communication. But the popular and increasing 
custom of spending the summer months at the sea-shore every year 
causes the development of new and delightful resorts, — localities whose 
quiet beauty frequently proves a surprise to the travelling public. Yet 
it has so often happened that a long time intervenes before such accom- 
modations are prepared, that tourists have hesitation in visiting any but 
the beaten tracks of travel. Very fortunately, however, this difficulty is 
being largely obviated by the action of business men. who. with a quick 
eye for the beautiful, and sharp discernment for the wants of the public, 
do not hesitate, on discovering a desirable locality, to announce it with 




STEAMBOAT "MARTHAS VINEYARD ' PASSING OAK BLUFFS. 



hotel accommodations complet;*. Such is the case at Katama Bay, 
where the first building erected was a large and commodious hotel. 
The name of " Katama " is not a familiar one ; and many will read it 
now for the first time. If such, however, will look at the map of Mas- 
sachusetts, they will see off the eastern shore of Martha's Vineyard a 
bay or channel separating it from Chapjiaquiddick Island, which forms 
the point. This beautiful sheet of water is but eight miles south-east 
from Oak Bluffs, now so extensively known as a summer resort, and 
has for the past few years been an objective point for guests from that 
place. 



POPULAR RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 167 

Tourists by rail to New Bedford connect with the fine side-wheel boats 
" Martha's Vineyard " and " IVIonohansett," of the IMartha's Vineyard 
Line of steamers, for Oak Bluffs and Kataina. 

The excursion from New Bedford is one of the pleasantest on the 
coast. We have a fine view of Fairhaven as we sail down the harbor. 
This town is pleasantly located ; and a number of beautiful private resi- 
dences, half hidden by foliage, overlook the water. An old fort stands 
upon a rocky j)i-omontory at the east entrance of the harbor, opposite to 
which, upon an island, is the light-house. At this point we enter Buz- 
zard's Bay, and cross directly to " Woods Hole," a dozen miles away. 

Buzzard's Bay and Vineyard Sound are so protected by headlands and 
outlying islands, that the sail is delightful. AVhile the coast turns back 
to the left, after passing the fort, on the right the main-land pushes out 
into the sea, forming a cape, on which Clark's Point Light-house stands, 
and Fort Tabor occupies a commanding position. From this the bay 
opens to the right; and the main-land stretches away in the distance to a 
marked promontory known as " Round Hill." "Dumpling" or Round 
Hill Light stands on an isolated rock off this point, beyond which is 
the main entrance to Buzzard's Bay. The Elizabeth Islands are on the 
opposite side of the channel. These are individually known by their 
Indian names, commencing with the westernmost, as C'uttyhunk, Penni- 
keese, Neshawana, Peskeneese, Naushon, Nonnamensett, and to com- 
plete the rhyme, mariners have added. Woods Hole, Quequonkesset. 
Turning to the left, the main-land, extending towards Cape Cod, can be 
seen in the blue distance, with Black Rock, a dangerous shoal, lying be- 
tween. As we approach Woods Hole, the island of Naushon stretches six 
or seven miles away to our right. This is the piroperty of Capt. John M. 
.Forbes of Boston. His summer residence, and that of his son, form 
consi^icuous features in the landscape. An extensive grove of beech 
and oak has been stocked with deer, whei-e his friends are annually en- 
tertained with a genuine deer-hunt. 

The entrance to 'W'oods Hole is narrow and tortuous, with sunken 
rocks on either side, requiring great nautical skill in its passage. The 
harbor is small, but deep, and well protected. A hundred houses, 
perched upon the surrounding hills, many of them quite beautiful, com- 
prise the town ; the depot of the Old Colony Railroad being the most 
conspicuous feature. Visitors to Katama or Oak Bluffs who prefer to 
go to this place by rail can take the cars at the Old Colony Depot, 
Boston, and continue from here by boat. The light-house, with its 
beacon light, stands on a headland at the mouth of the harbor, and 
marks the entrance to Vineyard Sound. The sail across the sound is 
delightful. Martha's Vineyard lies directly before you. Gay Head 
Light is seen far away to the right, while Falmouth Heights are ou the 
left. 



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POPULAK KKSOKTS, AND HOW TO lti;A( II TIIKM. 



VINKYARD IIAVKN. 



This town, formerly called Holmes' Hole, is approached between two 
headlands, known as the " East " and " West Chop." Its harbor is 
indeed a haven for the storm-driven mariner; and hmidreds of sail 
frequently lay here for days awaiting a favorable wind. The village of 
Vineyard Haven rests upon a hillside, sloping gently to the water. 

The town is 
old: several 
churches, a few 
newly erectnl 
residences, and 
an old wind-mill 
whose arm s 
point to the past, 
form the con- 
spicuous fea- 
tures in the land- 
scape. By the 
formation of a 
natural dike 
across the south- 
ern portion 
the harbor. .1 
small lake, three 
miles long, has 
been separate(l 
from it, knc)\Mi 
as Lagoon Pond. 
which is noted 

for its fine oysters of artificial culture. A carriage-drive alonj. 
dike extends, via Oak Bluffs, to Katama. 

As we leave Vineyard Haven, and the steamer rounds the •• East 
Chop," we approach the locality of summer life for citizens from our 
large towns. Cottages and villas are scattered over the hillsides, which 
increase in number and beauty until we reach Oak Bluffs, where we 
have a rural city spread out before us, from which, standing in bold re- 
lief, rises a colossal structure surrounded by broad vei-aiidas, and sur- 
mounted by towering cupolas, — Tin-: Ska View Hou.si:, — with the 
steamboat-landing directly in front. 

Thk" Sea View" is the prominent feature of the town, which lies 
beyond. On either side, overlooking the water, and extending for thou- 
sands of feet, is a broad plank promenade, with seats the entire length. 




RIDING OUT THE STORWl. 



this 



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169 



At the right is a building one thousand feet long by eighteen feet wide, 
built into the bluff, protected by a heavy bulkhead. This is used for 
amusements. The side is of glass, and opens to the sea.> In front is a 
broad promenade, provided with seats. The roof is flat, covered with 
concrete, and is also used for a walk, over which pavilions are placed at 
intervals, the whole overlooked by beautiful cottages. At the left of the 
hotel are hundreds of bathing-houses, with pavilions and seats for spec- 
tators. Steamboats and yachts crowd the landing, while the wharves, 
the verandas, the balconies and bluffs, are filled with the life and gayety 
of the scene. Over fifty-nine thousand guests visited this renowned 
resort diirinu- the season of 1872. 




SEA VIEW HOUSE. 
Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard. 

If the boat remains at the hmding long enough to allow it, a visit to 
the " Sea View " will amply repay the trouble. From the wharf, the 
entrance is made through an ornamental gate-house, which is devoted to 
offices. In the tower at the right is the baggage-room, wdth a general 
railway ticket-office over it. At the left is the wharfinger's office, over 
which is the office of the Oak Bluffs Company. The basement of the 
hotel is approached by a private entrance from the wharf, by which the 
baggage and stores are taken, and, by the steam elevator, raised to any 
part of the house. 

Wide passage-ways extend through the basement, cutting each other at 
right angles. At the left of the entrance, opening to the sea, are the 
barber's shop, bath-rooms, and billiard-hall, beyond which is the engineer's 



170 POPULAR RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 

and boiler room, &c. On the right are store-rooms, ice-house, chill-room, 
laundry, bakery, and servants' rooms. The house and promenades are 
lighted by AValworth's solar gas generator, with gas manufactured in an 
underground building, distant from the hotel. 

The Sea View House is approached by a broad flight of steps, leading 
to a capacious veranda at the east end, twenty-six feet in width. This 
is an important architectural feature of the house. It is three stories 
high, giving beauty to the structure, and comfort and pleasure to the 
guests. It commands a full view of Vineyard Sound, the great " high- 
way of commei-ce." Ninety-five thousand vessels are reported to have 
passed Gay Head Light in 1872. The ladies' reception-room is at the 
right of the entrance, with hat and coat and wash rooms, and stairway 
beyond. On the left is the gentlemen's reception-room, elevator, and 
oflSce. Opposite the main entrance, the doors open to the dining-hall, 
which occupies the entire width of the building, with long windows open- 
ing to wide verandas on either side. The private dining-rooms are beyond. 
Broad stairways and the elevator lead to the stories above. 

The public parlor, on the second floor, is pleasantly located across the 
southern end of the building, commanding, from its windows and bal- 
conies, an extended view in three directions. On either side of the pas- 
sage are private jjarlors and sleeping-rooms ; and the two stories above 
are similarly arranged, with walks the entire length, affording excellent 
ventilation. Balconies lead from every story. A tank of two thousand 
gallons capacity, j)laced under the roof, supplies the water for the 
house. 

The peak of the south tower has three fine sleeping-rooms. The north 
tower has two, with a passage-way leading to the lookout-room above, 
from the four windows of which a most extensive marine and landscape 
view can be had. 

The chapel is a beautiful structure, of ornamental design, and seats 
eight hundred and twenty-two persons. It stands on a rounded knoll, 
surrounded by a grove of oak. It is octagonal in form, with four doors, 
leading from opposite angles, and a gallery entrance on the side, in front 
of which stands the pulpit, with ante-rooms on either side. The seats on 
the floor and in the gallery occupy seven sections of an octagon, facing 
to a common centre. The inside is not plastered ; but the painted tri- 
coloi'ed walls and ceiling, relieved by the ornamented framework, produce 
a singular and beautiful effect. The building is not confined to any 
particular denomination ; but any stockholder can secure the pulpit for a 
friend on any unengaged day. 

The free and harmonious use of a building so beautiful lends a charm 
to the exercises, and, furnishing as it does a regular place of worship, 
contributes largely to the popularity of the place. 



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171 



Circuit Avenue commences at the wharf, and extends through and 
around the town. It has a paved drive-way, with concrete sidewalks. 
Other important streets are paved with concrete. The town is emphati- 
cally a Cottage Citij. AVithin an area of one mile stand six hundred and 
ninety-one cottages. Among the hundreds of beautiful houses, of 
exquisit ' architecture, scarcely two can be found alike. 




btAbliJ- ^uTTAuE OF HON E P CARPENTER 



Oak Bluffs is a delightful place, frequented by persons of culture and 
taste, which can only be partially described in this article, but will well 
repay a visit from the pleasure-seeker. Katama, on the eastern point of 
the island, is now attracting attention. 

The scenery at Katama was so beautiful, the fishing and shooting so 
imusually fine, that in 1872 a few gentlemen of means determined to 
erect a hotel there, and secure a building site for others who, like them- 
selves, should be desirous of leaving the heated streets of a town for a 
quiet cottage life by the seaside. The result was beyond the expecta- 
tions of the most sanguine ; and forty-three persons came forward the 
first season, and secured lots, with the agreement to build cottages on 
them. The place has been artistically surveyed by a landscape-gardener, 
streets and avenues graded, and parks laid out. Summer residences are 
being built; and a town is springing up as if by magic. 



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POPULAR RESORTS, AND HOW TO RKACH TIIEM. 



Several of the managers of this enterprise are the same who made Oak 
Bluffs a success ; the same whose lots, placed in the market five years ago 
at f 100 each, have since sold for $1,600 ; the same who, in six years, from 
a single house, have built "Thk Cottage City of America," with 
paved and gas-lit streets, — in a word, a complete town, clothed with 
taste, comfort, and picturesque beauty. And now the same energy and 
perseverance which succeeded at Oak Bluffs promise success at Katama. 

It is a short but pleasant sail across the bay from Oak Bluffs to the 
village of Edgartown, the spires of which can be seen in the south-east. 
This place was once a town of some enterprise ; but. with the decline of 
the whale fishery, the young men have generally sought employment else- 
where. From Edgartown we enter Katama Bay, a l)eautif ul sheet of water, 
some five miles long. It is of itself an excellent harbor, affording not 
only good anchorage, but is well protected from the winds, making it a 
favorable resort for yachting and fishing clubs. On entering the bay, 
** Mattakeset Lodge," the model hotel of Katama, becomes the absorb- 
ing object of attention. 




MATTAKESET LODGE. 
Katama, Martha's Vineyard. 

The house stands on a commanding bluff', at the opposite end of the 
harbor, its symmetrical towers cutting boldly against the southern 
sky. As you near the landing, immediately below the hotel, its peculiar 
structure and singular location become apparent. The surface at 
Katama is an extended table-land, broken by gentle undulations, but 
at the coast falling abruptly to the beach below. In a single instance, by 
some natural agency, a pathway has been grooved through the bluff to 



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173 



the water's edge, forming an admirable passage, of easy grade, from the 
beach to the jilain above. Here a wharf has been built; and on the bluif, 
spanning the ravine, stands the hotel, under which the drive-way passes 
to the town beyond. 

"Mattakeset Lodge" has been constructed to afford the 7uaximum 
amount of comfort and pleasure. Numerous balconies and broad veran- 
das, commanding a complete view of the landing and harbor beyond, 
surround the house ; but the i-)eculiar and favorite feature is an open gal- 
lery, which occupies the entire upper story. In the evening this is bril- 
liantly lighted by gas, and is entirely devoted to jiromenading and dancing. 




YACHTING 

It is, indeed, a novel feature. Here, in the hottest sunnner's day, a cool- 
ing breeze is always felt, and the roar of the breakers on the south side 
of the island, scarcely a mile away, fills the air. The whitened foam, as 
the waves dash upon the beaches, which stretch away like a ribbon in 
the distance, is always an interesting object of contemplation. From 
this elevation, high above the surrounding water, securely shielded from 
the sun's scorching rays, hundreds of whitened sail can be seen. 

The admirable facilities for yachting, and the abundance of fish and 
birds in this vicinity, have induced the jiroprietors to make special ar- 
rangements for the convenience of sportsmen ; while others, whose taste 



174 POPULAK RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 

for these amusements commences after the game has passed the culinary 
department, will have reason to be equally well pleased. Fishing parties 
from Oak Bluffs have come to be daily affairs. 

Few localities on the coast possess better facilities for fishing than 
Katama, — deep-sea fishing oft' Cape Pogue for cod, haddock, hake, whit- 
ing, pollock, and halibut; exciting sport in sailing or trolling for blue 
fish, striped bass, and Spanish mackerel ; still fishing in the bay, within 
a gun-shot of the house, for scup, tautog, sea-bass, and sea-perch. But 
the sport in which Katama leads is in the serving of her unrivalled 
Clain-bakes ; and, for the convenience of guests, a grand pavilion has been 
erected for their shelter. 

THE MIGHTY CLAM-BAKE. 

Tradition gives color to the claim, that the great genius of Mattakeset, 
the famous and powerful Indian chief of the primitive days, devised the 
art of preparing the delicious and now world-renowned '• clam-uake." 
Charles Lamb relates the remarkable way in which "roast pig" was re- 
vealed to the '"heathen Chinee." Doubtless the claim set up for Mat- 
takeset is quite as authentic as Lamb's bit of tradition ; but it is not as 
full in particulars. Clams of the very finest variety abound in the 
region around Mattakeset Lodge ; and the formula for composing and 
compounding a clam-bake, in the style of a fine art, is naturally found 
here. For general satisfaction, we now describe the process: — 

First, a huge saucer-like space is dug in the sand or ground, and is 
well paved over with stones. This may be called the bake-oven. To 
prepare the grand bake, the "oven " is filled with fuel, intermingled with 
goodly sized stones. This is fired (the combustible part) : and after the 
stone portions are all thoroughly heated the coals are raked off". The 
" oven " is now ready. First, a layer of rock-weed is equally spread 
over the heated surface ; next, from fifteen to twenty-five bushels of 
clams are thrown in, and then covered with another layer of rock- 
weed ; and over that sea-weed is thickly placed. The heat of the oven 
is sufficient to raise a great cloud of steam from the water of the clams 
and the weeds ; and in about half an hour, the capacious mound of 
savory bivalves is ready to be borne to the feast-board. Here, drawn but- 
ter, salt, pepper, and vinegar, or any of the more pungent relishes of the 
table, served in convenient dishes, are used to add zest to this notable and 
popular food. The instruments used to dislodge the clam from the 
shell, decapitate it, and submit it to the teeth, are simply fingers. Ex- 
perts at this kind of feed are wonderfully dexterous in the work, and 
raise huge piles of shells around them in brief time. This is a clam- 
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most excelling, as frequently served by mine host of "Mattakeset 
Lodge," lobsters, green corn, fresh fish, chickens, &c., are to be placed 
among- the clams at the outset. With these additions, the rudely 
improvised feast becomes one not to be surpassed for lusciousness by 
the skill of a regiment of French cooks. In the ojainion of many, the 
transcendent glory of Mattakeset Lodge lies in its unrivalled clam- 
bakes. 

COMMUNICATIOXS. 

Katama possesses admirable facilities for communication by steamers, 
and the sail is delightful. A new and beautiful steam-yacht, of un- 
rivalled speed, connects with steamers from Woods Hole and New 
Bedford, at Oak Bluffs; or you can go by rail, a new and elegantly 
equipped narrow-gauge road having been built from Oak Bluff's to 
Katama. And the citizens of Edgartown, alive to the requirements of 
the public, have laid out and constructed a splendid drive-way of twelve 
miles, extending from Katama to Vineyard Haven, via P^dgartown and 
Oak Bluff's. Steamers will run daily. In a word, every thing which 
experience can dictate is being done to make this a popular summer 
resort, and a pleasant seaside retreat. 



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THE SEA-VIEW BOULEVARD. 



This fine drive-way, commencing at Katama, extends twelve miles along 
the coast to Vineyard Haven. It has been constructed by the citizens of 
Edgartown, to meet the increasing wants of visitors. From Katama to 
Edgartown it continues along the table-land to and through the village. 
A couple of miles beyond, it leads down to the sea, approaching it between 
two smaller bodies of water, which lay contiguous to and parallel with 



176 POPULAK RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 

the ocean. That upon the right, and nearer Edgartown, is known as Crys- 
tal Lake, — a beautiful pond, one mile in diameter. On the left we pass 
the foot of San-cha-can-tack-et Lake, which for miles is only separated 
from the sea on our right by a natural dike, evidently thrown up by some 
mighty convulsion, or by the action of the waves, beyond the present 
history of this region. The road-way has been built along this dike, 
which in places is so narrow that a stone could be tossed into the water 
on either side. This is a delightful drive; and, although of recent con- 
struction, it has attained a great popularity, affording as it does, to persons 
having objections to boating, the rare opportunity of securing an equally 
refreshing sea-breeze while riding in a carriage. Xor is this all. Midway 
between Edgartown and Oak Bluffs the dike has been cut, by the action 
of the waters, through which, with the tide, the current ebbs and flows. 

This channel has been spanned by a bi-idge four hundred and fifty feet 
long, affording a rare opportunity for fishing ; not merely small, worth- 
less varieties, but blue-fish, bass, flounders, and others of large size, are 
taken in abundance. This was only needed to secure for ladies and chil- 
dren, or persons averse to boating, the full advantages of the exhilarating 
sport of fishing, shorn of the disagreeable annoyances of sea-sickness. 
The Sea-View House, at Oak Bluffs, is but three miles distant, and in 
full view from the bridge, which is one of its most favorite resorts. 
Indeed, the Sea- View Boulevard is one of the most enjoyable features of 
this popular watering-place. 

San-cha-can-tack-et Lake is three miles long, and from one to two wide, 
and is a favorits boating and sailing locality. Cultivated farms rise to a 
wooded crest on the opposite shores. 

The drive from the bridge to Oak Bluffs is along an. undulating sur- 
face, which will soon undoubtedly be filled with cottages. It affords a 
fine variety of landscape views, with occasional glimpses of tiie town 
beyond, — the Sea-View House always forming the most imposing fea- 
ture. Island Lake nestles quietly by the wayside, with a miniature island 
set like an emerald in its centre. 

STRANGERS IN BOSTON. 

Boston is well supplied with hotels, and, like every city, with cheaj) 
and expensive ones; but the Crawford House, which is under the same 
management as INIattakeset Lodge, will be found one of the most 
desirable for strangers. It is centrally located, in Scollay's Square, from 
which point all the city and Metropolitan horse-cars start. It is con- 
venient to all the depots, and is a first-class house in every respect. It is 
kept on the European plan, with rooms from f 1 to f 4 per day ; and with 
four dining-halls the proprietor is able to satisfy his guests in style or 
l)rice. I have no doubt strangers will find this a desirable home while in 
Boston and \icinity. 



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THE LAND OF THE PILGRIMS. 

THE OLD.COLOXY RAILROAD. 

Who lias ever examined the map of Eastern Massachusetts, with its 
loncf arm stretcliing out into the sea, — the kind of the '• Pilgrim Fathers," — 
without feeling a desire to visit itV From Boston to Xarragansett Bay, 
the coast is filled with interesting localities, many of tliem identified 
with the early history of the country. Tlie rock-bound shores of Cohas- 
set are noted for their grand marine views ; the beautiful harbor of 
Plymouth is surrounded by localities replete with historic memories; 
the barren coast of Cape Cod is made interesting by the beautiful sum- 
mer resorts whicli line its boi'ders ; the sail through Vineyard Sound, 
"the great highway of commerce,"' to Newport, with Falmouth Heights 
and the Elizabeth Islands ou the right, and Martha's Vineyard, with Oak 
Bluffs and Gay Head, on 
thi' left, is truly delight- 
ful. But there is no 
established coast route 
by which to visit these 
localities. Fortunately, 
however, they can be 
reached by rail. 

The Old Colony 
Railroad leads to them 
all. Its branches con- 
nect all the prominent 
points of intere.st with 
Boston; and its admir- 
able construction and 
superior equipment ren- 
der this one of the most 
popular summer routes. 

The original line extended from Boston to Plymouth, Mass., 37i miles. 
It now extends to all the principal points in South-Eastern Massachu- 
setts, and to Newport, 11. 1., embi-acing about 300 miles of road. 

No more beautiful coast-routes can be selected than the line from Bos- 
ton to Plymouth, through Weymouth, Hingham, Nantasket, Cohasset, 
Scituate, Marshfield, and Duxbury (the American "station" of the 
French ocean telegraph), and the route to the ^Mneyard, skirting the 
charming shores of Buzzard's Bay. 

Notwithstanding this was the earliest settled portion of New England, 
portions of it still exhibit a primitive wildness. The following are 
among the noted summer resorts reached by the Old Colony llailroad. 




178 POPULAR RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 

N9.ntasket Beach is rapidly rising into popularity, although more 
of a local than a general character. The beach is long, and just like all 
the sandy frills of our Atlantic coast. Tlie surface is hard, and admir- 
ably adapted to driving or bathing. It is but eighteen miles from Boston. 
Eleven light-houses can be seen from the shore ; and it may well be jiro- 
nounced one of the most delightful watering-places in the country. 
Sailing and fishing are without limit; and tens of thousands flock to 
enjoy the varied beauties of the scene, and the soothing temperature of 
the coast and sea air, daily, when the heated term is in full power. 

Cohasset, which was sliced from Ilingham, is a glorious spot for all 
lovers of the moody sea. Here are cliffy rocks enough, with a broken 
sea-margin, to insure a turbulent ocean even in a comparative calm ; 
and, when old Neptmie is in one of his fiery moods, the scenery around 
the shores of Cohasset rises to a degree of sublimity and grandeur tluit 
surpasses description. The wild, picturesque beauties of Cohasset rocks 
form an admirable subject for the ai'tisfs pencil ; and here the lover of 
the beauties of nature delights to linger. Marshfield, tlie home of 
Webster, will also attract attention. Duxbury is thirty-nine miles from 
Boston. A walk to Captain's Hill, where a monument is being erected to 
the memory of Miles Standish, forms a pleasant objective i)oint. 

Plymouth. — Although the road to Plymouth passes thi-ough several 
thriving and interesting villages, the chief object of the tourist will be 
a visit to Plymouth itself. — a visit which cannot fail to interest him; 
and fortunately for his enjoyment, whether his sojourn is for a day or a 
week, he will find, at the Samoset and Clifford Houses, accommodations 
which will render his stay agreeable. Plymouth has a world-wide fame. 
If the orations delivered in honor of "The Pilgrim Fathers " were all 
printed in one book, it would make a volume fearful to encounter ; for 
those famous " Pilgrims " landed there, as is generally known. Plymouth 
is a wholesome, steady, well-to-do town, with nothing remai'kable about 
it except its historic notoriety. And yet the pleasure-seeker can find 
enough here to bu.sy his hands. There is fair shooting at "the Point," 
some nine miles down the harbor; and sea and pond fishing are abundant. 
But the luirbor is not good for commerce ; and the place will depend 
chiefly upon the direction in which its capital is utilized. At one period 
Plymouth was of considerable maritime importance. It is but thirty- 
seven miles from Boston, and is reached in a little more than an hour's 
ride. The town is well laid out, and pleasantly located, on ground sloping 
to the water. Burial Hill, above, commands a fine view of the harbor. 
Pilgrim Hall, with its many curious relics; Plymouth Rock, Cole's Hill, 
and Clark's Island (where the Pilgrims "rested on Sunday, Dec. 10, 



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1620," before landing at Plymouth on the 20th), are all interesting places 
to visit. Tlie vicinity of Plymouth, with its fresh-water lakes and fine 
drives, also presents objects of interest. 

Hingham is really a very pleasant place, and has many agreeable 
attractions botli for the tourist and the temporary resident. 

The Cnjie Cod Division of the Old Colony Railroad extends to Prov- 
incetown, the extreme point of Cape Cod, one hundred and twenty miles 
distant from Boston. Tlie fine harbor at Provincetown pi-esents a refuge 




for the storm-driven mariner. The place is inhabited largely by sea- 
faring men; and its thrifty appearance is a fine illustration of wliat an 
enterprising community can drag from the sea. It is built on and sur- 
rounded by sand-hills ; and the earth of its gardens, so green and beauti- 
ful, is mostly brought from the mainland. Branches lead from this road, 
from Cohasset Narrows to Woods Hole, and from Yarmouth to Hyannis, 
which was the terminus of the road before it was extended to Province- 
town. 



Hyannis is a pleasant village, and, next to Provincetown, the 
largest place on the Cape. It is prettily laid out, and ornamented by 
shade-trees. The inhabitants are engaged in a sea-faring life; and many 
retii-ed sea-captains and merchants have made this their home. The rail- 
road leads through the village a mile to the sea, where a fine wharf has 
been constructed. A growing seaside village, a short distance to the 
west, overlooks the harbor to Vineyard Sound and Martha's A'ineyard 
beyond. A land company has erected a new hotel, for the accommoda- 
tion of summer guests; and many fine cottages have already been built, 
and others are in course of construction. The serrated coast from Hyan- 
nis to Woods Hole is alternated with fine beaches, summer resorts, and 
wild lauds, where the si^ortsman and fisherman delight to roam. 



180 



rOPULAR RESORTS, AND HOAV TO REACH THEM. 



The name of "Cape Cod" is synonymous in most minds with sand, 
sea, and codfish. For the delicate and sensitive devotees of fashion 
these words have no charm ; but. for the more hardy seekers for novelty 
and pleasure, they indicate shooting, fishing, and pure air. The charac- 
teristics of Cape Cod, although having a likeness to the whole coast 
family of attractions, are, after all, peculiar to itself. It is not an island ; 
and yet it is as really in the arms of the Atlantic as though it were alone in 
its waters. To be on the shores of " Cape Cod " is to have the alternating- 
humors of the ocean, as much as though it were Nantucket. Of course. 
Cape Cod is not a town nor a city nor an island; for it is "Cape 
Cod," and embraces towns, villages, islands, beaches, headlands, rocks, 
reefs, sand, salt, plover, ducks, coots, and codfish. It is of varied pleas- 
ures, found in numerous and peculiar places. 




TROUT POND. 

There is Cotuit Port, for example, nestled on high land, and in a 
charming location, almost romantic. It is also the rural home of many 
families of taste. Few summer resorts sui'pass it. It is reached by 
the Old Colony Railroad and connecting stages. 

Falmouth Heights, a rising place, with rare attractions, now in 
process of development by a company of capitalists. It is a delightful 
location, and commands a fine view of Vineyard Sound. The prospect 
oi>ens to the south; the ground is high, falling gently from a wooded 
crest to the bluff, which drops thirty feet to the beach below. Serpentine 
walks and drives permeate the groves of oak, in wliich cottages are pleas- 
antly placed. A grand ocean avenue leads for miles along bluff and 
through the groves to the point of starting. A commodious hotel is open 



POPULAR RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. 181 

to guests in summer. The railroad which leads to Falmouth Heights and 
Woods Hole branches from the main road at C'ohasset Narrows. This 
locality abounds in fine landscape and marine views; and summer resi- 
dences will soon dot the scene. 

"Woods Hole is a picturesque hamlet of a hundred buildings, located 
on a promontiu-y, on the extreme southern point of the peninsula which 
forms Barnstable County. The harbor is small, but affords good anchoi-- 
age, and is well protected by outlying headlands and islands. This is 
the terminus of the road in this direction, and is the nearest point of 
railroad connection to Martha's Vineyard, and shorter by one hour than by 
any other route. To insure connections, the company run a line of steam- 
ers from their depot on the wharf to Oak Bluffs, Vineyard Haven, and 
Katama, — a short and pleasant sail across Vineyard Sound. Connection 
is also made at Woods Hole with the Nantucket Steamship Company's 
boats to Oak Bluffs and Nantucket. 

Oak Bluffs. — -It may well be inferred that a resort supporting so 
many lines of steamboats is one of more than ordinary popularity. Oak 
Bluff's, as a summer resort, is a success ; and its magical growth has fairly 
earned for it the appellation of The Cottcu/e Cilij of America. A full 
description of the place will be found elsewhere. Oak Bluffs is also 
connected, by a narrow-gauge railroad and by a line of steamers, with 
Katama, — a new resort, with a fine hotel, opened to the public last season. 

Nantucket — a word significant of a hardy, brave, honest, and 
hospitable community — is another of the decayed triumphs of the har- 
poon and the whale. Located in mid-ocean, its people rarely seen on 
land, a Nantucketer is a novelty seldom met, unless one goes where he 
resides. For years this most healthful and agreeable spot was little 
known, except as "Nantucket,'' and in no wise sought by the traveller, 
unless it might be some feeble invalid in j^ursuit of pure air and of lost 
health. The sharp eyes of the latter-day seeker after hot-weather novel- 
ties, however, have peered into the varied delights of Nantucket ; and now 
the story of its kindly and hospitable people, its varied sources of enjoy- 
ment, its health-restoring and invigorating sea-air, and the refreshing 
simplicity of its (]uaint, old-fashioned ways, so pieplant because so new, 
— all this, and much more, is setting a strong tide of travel in the direction 
of that sandy home. Indeed, it may be feared that the bloom of its 
present freshness and novelty will soon be all worn away by the fast 
growing invasion ; and Nantucket will be accounted one of the fashion- 
able as well as health-giving "resorts of the land. It is reached via the 
Old Colony Railroad and a line of steamers with which it connects. 



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POPULAR ItESOr.T.?, AND HOW TO liEACII THEM. 



Mattapoisett, a charming ]Massachusetts town, located on the shore 
of Buzzard's Bay, is deliciously rural, and not yet fashionable ; but its 
surroundings jironiise much for the future. It may be reached by the 
Old Colony Road fi-oni Boston, and by the Fairhaven Branch from 
New Bedford. 

Marion, a small but pretty place on Buzzard's Bay, has the partial 
regards of a limited number of travellers. Its facilities for boating, fish- 
ing, and shooting in the season make it a desirable resort for sportsmen. 

Indeed, the seeker after (juiet rural sjwrts can scarcely go amiss, let him 
stop where he may along this pleasant coast. Its pojuilarity is rajiidlv 
increasing ; and each year adds to its accommoilation i\>v visitors. 




New Bedford, of oleaginous fame the world over, is well worthy a 
sojourn from the summer tourist. Like Salem, New London, Newport, 
and Stonington, New Bedford was once the busj^ centre of a large and 
wealth-producing commerce, the whale-fishery being its chief industry. 
It still leads in this declining traffic; but its largely accumulated capital 
is rapidly seeking other and more profitable investments. It is noted 
for the prevailing air of good taste and refinement in its dwellings; 
and its future bids fair to maintain a long-established prestige. The 
citj' is reached l)y way of the '• Old Colony "' and the "Providence" and 
"Taunton Branch" Railroads. 

The boats of the ^lartha's Vineyard line of steamers leave New Bed- 
ford daily, and furnish an additional variety to the sources of amuse- 
ment in this popular region. 

The Old Colony Railroad from Boston jiasses through Brockton, 
Taunton, Middleboro', and Fall River. At Fall River connection is 
made with the Old Colonj/ Stenn/hont CompcDi/fs splendid boats for New 
York ; or the tourist may continue on the cars, and take the boat at New- 
port; or he can renuiin at Newport, for a visit to this unrivalled sea-shore 
resort. 



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Newport, R. I., is now the fashionable queen of all Anipriean watering 
resorts, tor summer pleasure. With comparatively little of striking or 
romantic scenery, it has attractions peculiarly its own. Wealth and 
social distinction having approved of this really delightful location, the 
summer gatherings are of the gayest and most brilliant description. 
In elegance and splendor of outfit ; in fame and beauty of its throngs ; 
in all that invites the curious, the seekers after pleasure, the invalid's 
repose, and the glare and extravagance of fashion, — Newport is imri- 
valled. Indeed, this ancient and once renowned seat of commerce, after 
sinking into semi-oblivion, has been Rip-Van-Winkled into fame 
again, and is now in the bloom of a Adgorous summer life, though 
still inclined to its winter drowse. The location of Fort Adams at 
Newport also adds to the attractiveness of the place. 




NEWPORT, R.I. 
Old Colony Steamboat Company's Docks. 

From the south, Newport is reached by the Sound Steamers of the 
Old Colonji Stcamhnat Company, "Fall River Line;" and from Boston by 
the "Old Colony" Road. Steamers also leave Providence for that city, 
stopping at all the leading places of interest along the shores of Narra- 
ganset Bay. 

Perhaps in no particular has greater improvement been made in the 
last few years, than in the taste displayed in the construction of steam- 
boats and railway cars, thus greatly lessening the fatigue and annoy- 
ance of travel. A journey may now be made without losing for a day 
the comforts of home. Cars and boats furnished with elegant parlors, 
inviting saloons, and luxuriant state-rooms, are now found on all the 
principal routes in America. 



184 POPULAIl RESOHTS, AND HOW TO KKACH THEM. 

OLD COLONY STEAMBOAT COMI'ANY, '^FALL KIVK.l! LINE," 

Between Neic York and Boston, rid Neicport and Fall Jlioer. 

The Old Colony Steamboat Company may well be said to occupy 
the front rank in this improvement; and its boats have no superiors in 
the world. Plying between the metropolis of the nation and the most 
fashionable watering-place on the continent, their saloons are constantly 
patronized by the elite of society. 

Every afternoon long lines of carriages deposit their passengers at the 
company's wharf, Pjeu 28 (foot of Murkay Street) North River, 
New York City ; and at 5 p.m. in summer, and 4 p.m. in winter, the 
signal gun announces the hour of departure, and these magnificent float- 
ing palaces, crowded with human freight, glide into the stream. Martial 
music, by Hall's Boston Brass Band, enlivens the scene, as the gayly- 
dressed steamer majestically threads her way through the noble harbor, 
made rich in i^anoramic scenes by the marine of all nations. The twi- 
light deejiens as the stately vessel enters the East River, on her way to 
the placid waters of Long Island Sound. The scenery becomes beauti- 
fied by the enchanting villas that line the shores, the homes of wealth 
and beauty; and nought is heard but the exclamations of delight from 
the assembled throng, the merry laugh of the promenaders, and the intoxi- 
cating strains of the reed and string music which have replaced the brass 
band. Thus into the night glides this living freight, — faith, comfort, 
and contentment resting in the minds of all. 

The fleet of steamers formerly owned by the Narragansett Steamship 
Company (now by the " Old Colony") comprises the "Bristol," "Provi- 
dence," "Old Colony," "Newport," "Metropolis," and "Empire State," — 
all of which are well known to the travelling public. 

If we had not been warned by the march of improvement in the past, 
we should be tempted to believe that steamboat building has reached its 
climax in the superb vessels "Bristol " and "Providence." 

On crossing the gang-plank the visitor finds himself on a broad deck, 
surrounded by richly carved and gilded panelling. The deck itself is 
composed of alternate strips of yellow pine and black walnut. In 
extreme width, this main deck measures eighty-four feet. Surrounding 
that portion of it which we enter from the wharf are the various offices 
for tickets, luggage, &c. Large doors in the after bulkhead lead to the 
ladies' saloons and state-rooms, which are appropriately divided for the 
use of ladies travelling alone, and for families with children, the most 
complete accommodations being provided for all. The main deck is 
divided into two general divisions by sliding glass doors. The forward 
part is used for freight; and the after part, which has just been described, 
is devoted to the use of passengers. From this after part, stairways lead 



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185 



to the upper and lower saloons. These stairs, with their highly-polished 
brass steps and their carved and graceful mahogany balusters, are sep- 
arated from the open deck by a semicircular partition of woodwork and 
glass, which prevents the too strong draughts which a head wind some- 
times occasions. Entering this semicircular enclosure, we descend to the 
lower saloon and supper-room. Here, in long perspective, tables, glit- 
tering with cut-glass and silver, stretch away toward the stern of the 
boat. Just forward of the stairway are the china-closet and kitchen, 
where all the culinary operations required on the boat are performed, and 
whose neat array of shining cooking utensils would delight the heart of 
the most fastidious housekeeper. 




MAIN SALOON 
Of the world-renowned Steamers " Bristol " and " Providence." 



Leaving the appetizing scenes of the kitchen and supper-room, we 
ascend two broad and easy flights of stairs to the main saloon, which 
runs fore and aft nearly the whole length of the boat, with rows of state- 
rooms on each side, and, in fact, overhead, — for there is yet another stair- 
way, and another tier of state-rooms above us. The eight rooms which 
occupy the after part of the main saloon are for the accommodation of 
those who desire more luxurious surroundings than are sought by the 
public at large. These rooms far excel in elegance those of any first 
class hotel, and in size they are at least equal to the ordinary rooms of 
seaside houses. The other state-rooms, numbering in all thi-ee hundred, 
are large and well ventilated. They possess the peculiarity of having, 
in place of the ordinary fixed bunks, a kind of two-storied black walnut 
bedstead, which, being detached from the light woodwoi'k, is compara- 
tively free from the vibration commonly perceived when a steamboat is 



186 POPULAll RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH TUEM. 

under way. Besides this provision against vibration, it will be observed 
that the partitions between the rooms are built diagonally ; so that, 
instead of working with every revolution of the wheels, they form, in 
the aggregate, a powerful set of braces, adding much to the strength of 
the superstructure. The state-rooms of the upper tier are entered fi'om 
broad galleries, which run around the saloon. These galleries unite at 
either end, and form spacious landings, on which are tables and chairs 
similar to those in the saloon ; and the boats are lighted by the use of 
Bronner's patent gas-bumers. 

At 5.30, 1'.M., daily (Sundays, during the summer at 0.30), passengers for 
New York leave Boston, from the dejiot of the Old Colony Railroad, con- 
necting with steamer at Fall River, leaving there at 7.15, p.m. ; and at 
8.45 in the evening the boat leaves Newport, arriving in New York in 
season to connect with all through trains South and West. 

Passengers from New York, the West, or South, for any of the above 
places, can purchase tickets and have their baggage checked to destina- 
tion ; and by branch roads will be taken direct to any of the delightful 
resorts to which it leads, without the necessity of going to Boston. 

Lake Champlain. — " This useful as well as beautifvil sheet of water 
lies between the States of New York and Vermont, and extends a short 
distance into Canada. It is, in extreme length, about one hundred and 
thirty miles, and varies in width from half a mile to fifteen miles, the 
water, in places, being near three hundred feet deep. The Vermont 
shores of the lake are generally fertile and well cultivated ; while those 
of New York are wild, rocky, and barren, rising into vast mountains, 
and contain rich iron deposits. 

"The shores of Lake Champlain are not only interesting in themselves, 
but they hold many places of celebrity and attractiveness. The -ruins 
of old Fort Ticonderoga stand out upon a high, rocky cliff at the conflu- 
ence of the outlet of Lake George with Lake Champlain. The remains 
of the fortress at Crown Point loom up opposite to Chimney Point. 
The localities where Burgoyne held his famous Indian council and made 
his treaty, and where Arnold fought with Carleton, are pointed out. 
Plattsburg, the scene of the battles on the 11th of September, 1814, 
in which Commodore McDonough gained his signal naval victory, and 
General Macomb compelled Sir George Prevost to retire into Canada, is 
the most conspicuous and interesting point on the lake. Numerous 
natural curiosities exist on its islands and shores ; but space will not per- 
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INDEX. 



Absecon, N. J., 58. 
Adirondack Mountjiins, N.Y., 144. 
Alexandria Bay, N.Y., 54. 
Allentovvn, Peiin., 35, 36. 
Alton Bay, N.H., 19. 
Altoona, Penn., 135. 
Aranionoosiic Falls, 121. 
Ainnionoosiic liiver, 109. 
Aiidover, Mass, 17. 
Ashland, N.H., 104. 
Ashley, Penn., 51. 
Atlantic House, Me., 28. 
Augusta Splines, Va., 164. 
Baker's Kiver, N.H., 105. 
Bald Head Cliff. 28. 
Ballardvale, .Mass.. 17. 
Baltimore and Potomac Railway, 72. 
Baltimore, Md., 72. 
Bartlett, N.H., 26. 
Basin, N.H., 106. 
Bath Alum Spruigs, Va., 104. 
Bath, N.H., 109. 

Bay View House, Alton Bay, N.H , 19. 
Bay View House, Laconia, N.H., 95. 98. 
Bear Mountain, Penn., 41. 
Beaver Jleadow, Penn., 48. 
Bedford Sprinjjs, I'enn., 04. 
Beeclier'.i Falls. White JNIountains, 119. 
Belknap .Mountain, N.H., 22, 98. 
Bellows Falls, Vt., 64. 
Belmont, N.H.. 95. 
Belvidere Uailroad, 35. 
Berkley Springs, Va , 164. 
Berwick, .Me., 28. 
Bethlehem, N.H., 112. 
Bethlehem, Penn., 36. 
Biddeford, iMe.. 29. 
Binghamton, N.Y., 35. 
Boar's Head, N.H., 90. 
Boston and INIaine Kailroad, 17, 26, 91. 
Boston, City of, 143. 

Boston. Concord, & Montreal li.R., 20,91-122. 
Bradford, ]Mass., 17.- 
Bridgeport, Penn., 75. 
Buzzard s Bay, Ma.ss.. 167. 
Camden and Atlantic K.iilroad, 58. 
Campton, N.H.. 106. 
Canterbury-, N.H., 95. 
Canton, Penn., 77. 
Cape Ai-undel, .Me., 29. 
Cape Cod, Mass., 180. 
Cape Klizabeth, Me., 31. 
Cape May, N.J., 55. 
Cape Porpoise, Me., 28. 
Capon Springs, West Va., 164. 
Casco Bay. Me., 69. 
Catawissa, Uailioad, 47. 
Catskill .Mountains. N.V., 140. 
Central Railroad of New Jersey, 34-53. 
Centre Harbor, N.H., 24, 100. 
(Jhelsea, JMass., 90. 
Chelsea (Revere) Beach, 90. 
Chenumg River, N. Y., 78. 
Chicago, Bmlington. and Quincy R.R., 66. 
Chocorua Mountain. N.H., 22. 
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Clifton Springs. N.Y., 154. 
Cloud Point, Penn., 50. 
Coal jNIining, 46. 
Coatesville Bridge, Penn., 125. 
Cocheco River, N.H., 19. 
Cohasset, Mass., 178. 
Columbia Branch Raih'oad, 73, 133. 
Columbia Surings, N.Y., 140. 
Concord, N.H.. 17, 93. 
Concord Railroad, N.H., 19, 91. 
Connecticut River, 109. 

Conne(;ticut River and P.assunipsic Rail- 
road, 91. 
Conway. N.H., 100. 
Cooperstown, N.Y., 32. 
Copple-Crown JMountain. N.H., 22. 
Cotuit Port, Mass., IcO. 
Crawford House, White Mountains, 119. 
Cresson, Penn., 130. 
Crystal Cascade. N.H., 124. 
Cumberland Valley Railroad, 137. ^ 
Cushing's Island, Me., 65. 
Dalton, N.H., 111. 
Dan vers, Mass., 17. 
Deer Isle, Me., 69. 

Delaware, Lack'a, .and West. R.R.. 35, 158. 
Delaware and Hudson Railroad. 53. 
Delaware Water Gap, 35, 131, 132. 
Doubling Gap White Sulphur Springs, 54. 
Dover, N.H., 19, 28. 

Dover and Winnepesaukee Railroad, 19. 
Durham, N.H.. 19. 
J^uteliman's Run, Penn., 77. 
Duxburv, Mass.. 178. 
Eagle Hotel, Concord, N.H., 93. 
Eastern Railroad, 21, 32. 
Easton, Peiui., 35. 
Ebensburg, Penn., 90. 
Echo Lake, N.H., 106. 
Edgartown, Mass., 172. 
Egg Harbor City, N.J., 58. 
Elizabeth Islands, 167. 
Elmira, N.Y.. 78. 
Empu-e Fall, N.Y., 80. 
Erie, Penn , 76. 
Erie Railroad, 78. 
Exeter. N.H., 19. 

Fabyan House, Wliitc Mountains, IIC- 1 19. 
Fauhaven, Mass.. 167. 
Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, 128. 
Falmouth Heights, Mass., 167, 180. 
Flume, Franconi.'i, N.IL, 106. 
Framingham and Lowell Railroad, 91. 
Franconia Notch, N.IL, 105. 
Frost's Point, N.H., 65. 
Ganoga Falls, North Mountain, Penn., 158. 
G.ay Head. Mass.. 167. 
Genesee Falls. N.Y., 65. 
Georgetown. .Mass., 17. 
Gettysburg, Penn., 73. 
Gibbs Falls, White Mountains, 119. 
(Jilmanton, N.H., 19, 95. 
Glendon House, Wolfboro, 21. 
Glen Ellis Falls, N.H.. 124. 
Glen Excelsior, N.Y., 80. 



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Glen Mountain House. Watkins Glen, 81. 
Glen's Falls, N.Y., 123. 
Glen Tliomas. 51. 

Glen, White Mountains, N.H., 124. 
Gloucester, Mass., 11, 1G5. 
Great Bend, :i5. 
Great Falls. N.H., 28. 

Greenbrier White Sulphur Sp'gs, V^a., 1G4. 
Green Kidge, Penn., .53. 
Greenwood Ijake, N.Y., 33. 
Greenwood, Mass., 17. 
Gunstock Mountain, N.H., 22. 
Halifax, N.O., 11. 
Hampton Junction, N.J., 35. 
Hampton, K.H., 19, 90. 
Hanover Junction, Penn., 73. 
Herdic House. WUliamsport, Penn., 7(>. 
Harrisburg, Penn., 35, 36, 75, 134. 
Hathawav House, Elmira, N.Y., 79. 
Havana, N.Y., 80. 
Haverhill, Mass., 17. 
N.H., 109. 
Hazelton, Penn., 48. 
Healing Springs, Va., 1G4. 
Hector Falls, N.Y., 87. 
Hiugliam, Mass., 179. 
Hooksett, N.H., 92. 
Hot Springs, Va., 104. 

Howe's Cave, N.Y., 70. 

Hudson River, N.Y., 138. 

Hyannis, Mass, 179. 

Island Ledge House, Me., 28. 

Isles uf Shoals, N.H., 89. 

Illinois Central Kailroad, 67. 

Jefferson, N.U., 112. 

Jones's Falls, Baltimore, Md., 73. 

Jordan Kock Alum Springs, Va., 164. 

Katama, Mass., 172. 

Kennebeck River, 11. 

Kennebunk, Me , 28. 

Kennebiinkport, Me.. 29. 

Kiarsarge House, North Conway, N.H., 13. 

Kiarsarge Mountain, 13. 

Fvingston, R.I., 89. 

Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Railroad, 53. 

Laconia, N.II., 95. 

" Lady of the Lake " (Steamer), 26, 98, 101. 

Lake Champlain, 186. 

Lake George, N.Y., 124, 140. 

Lake Roland, Md., 73. 

Lake Village, N.H., 98. 

Lake Winnepesaukee, N.H., 19. 

Lancaster, N.H., 111. 

Lancaster House, N.H., 111. 

Lancaster, Penn., 73. 

Lawrence, Mass., 17. 

Lehigh and Lackawanna Railroad. 36. 

Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad. 35. 

Lehigh Valley. 34-53. 

Lehigh Valley Railroad, 78. 

Libbey's Neck. 64. 

Lisbon, N.H., 109. 

Little Boar's Head, N.H., 70. 

Littleton, N.H., 108. 

Livermore F.alls, N.H., 105. 

Logan House, Altoona, Penn., 136. 

Long Branch, N. J., 33. 

Long Island, Mass , 11. 

Long Island, N.Y., 140. 

Loretto, Penn., 137. 

Lowell Island, Mass., 89. 

Lycoming Creek, Penn., 76. 

Lynn, Mass., 68. 

Maiden, Mass., 17. 

Mauch Chunk, Penn., 35-47. 



Manchester and Lawrence Railroad, 91. 

^Manchester. N.H., 17, 91. 

Manlianset House, Shelter Isl'd, N.Y., 146, 

Mansion House, Mauch Chunk, Penn., 39. 

jMaplewood House, Bethlehem. N.H., 113. 

Marblehead, Mass., !-9. 

Marion. Mass., 182. 

JM.arshlielcl. Mass.. 17S. 

INIartha's ^■illeyard, 166-176. 

"Martha's Vineyard" (Steambo!i.t), 166. 

Mattakeset Lodge. Mass., 172. 

iM.attapoisett, IMass., 182. 

jVIerrimac River. N.H., <)3. 

Miunequa Springs, Penn., 77. 

^lohawk River, 32. 

ISIontgomery White Sulphur Sp'gs, Va., 164. 

Moutmoren'ci Falls, 105. 

Moosehead Lake, Me., 105. 

Moosilauke Mountain, N.H., 106. 

Morris and Essex RaUroad, 35. 

jNIoultonboro, N.H., 26. 

]\Iount Carmel, Penn., 75. 

Mount Clinton. N.H., 120. 

Mount Desert. Me., 11, 68. 

Mount Hollv Springs, Penn.. 54. 

Mount Lafayette. N.II.. 106. 

Mount Monroe, N.H., 120. 

Mount Pisgah. Penn.. 42. 

Mount Pleasant, N.II.. 120. 

Mount Prosiiect, N.II.. 105, 117. 

Mount Vernon. Va., 11. 

Mount Washington. N.H., 19, 120. 

"Mount Wasliington'" (Steamer), 19, 26. 

Mount Washington Railway, 121. 

Mount Washington Sunnnit House, 116, 122. 

Mount Webster. N.II., 120. 

Mount Willard, N.H.. 119. 

Mountain House, Cresson, Pa.. 136. 

Moyer's Rock, jNIauch Chunk, Pa., 45. 

Nahant, Mass., 11, 12.'>. 

Nantasket Beach, jMa;s.. 11, 178. 

Nanticote Railroad. .53. 

Nantucket, Mass.. 181. 

Narraganset Pier. R.I.. 89. 

Nescopec Railroad, 48. 

Nesqiiehoning \'allev Railroad, 47. 

New Bedford, Mass.; 167, 182. 

New Lebanon Springs, N.Y., 140. 

New London, Conn. T 89. 

New Market, N.H., 19. 

New Market Junction, N.H., 19. 

New York City, 138. 

Newbury, Vt.,' 109. 

Newburyport, Mass., 17, 70. 

Newport, R.I., 183. 

Niagara Falls, 88, 153. 

North Conwav. N.H., 12, 21, 26. 

North Hami)ton, N.H., 70. 

North Mountain. Penn., .35. 

North Mountain House, Penn., 53, 155-163. 

North Pennsylvania Railroad, 30. 

Northern Central Railroad, 71-!-8, 134. 

Northumberland, N.H., 112. 

O.ak Bluffs and Katama, Mass., 160-170, 181. 

Old Colony Railroad, 107, 177-186. 

Uld Colony Steamboat Coniiwiny, 184-1.' 6. 

Old Uvcha'rd Beach, Me., 29, 64. 

Oniaha, 69. 

Onoko Station, Mauch Chunk, Penn., 43,44 

Ossipee Falls, N.H.. 22. 

Us.sipee Jlountain, N.H., 22. 

Otsego Lake. N.Y., 32, 123. 

Owl's Head. N.H.. 109. 

Pavilion Hotel, Wolfboro, N.H., 21, 22. 

Pemiyewasset House, Plymouth, N.H., 104. 



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Pemigewasset River, N.H., 102. 

Penn Haven, Pern., 4f. 

Pennsylvania Railroad. 36, lAo-idt. 

Penobscot River, 11. 

Philadelphia, Peim, To. 

PhUadelphia and Erie Railroad, 75, 76. 134. 

Philipsbiirg, K.J., 35. 

Pigeon Cove, Mass., ICo^ 

Pittsburg, Penu., 35, 13. . 

Pittsfield, N.H., 19. 

Plaistow, K.H., 17. 

Plum laland, Mass., 70. 

Plymouth, ISlass., 178. 

PlVmouth,X.II., 20, 103-106. 

Pool, Franconia, K.H.. lOo- 

lorS and Og^nsburg Railroad, 13, 116. 

l^l^lSimaAl't^J^o^d Railroad, :9, 91. 

Portsmouth, N.H., Cj. 

Profile House, N.H IOC, 11. 

Profile, Franconia, A.H.. luo. 

Prospect Rocli, Penn., 49. 

Prout's Neck, Me., 61. 

Providence Raihoad. 142. 

Provincetown, Mass., 179. 

Quantico, Va., 72. 

Ragged Mountain. N.H., 102. 

Rafnbow Falls, Watkms Glen, N.Y., 86. 

Ralston, Penn.. .6. 

Rawley Springs, Va., 104. 

Reading, Mass., 1/. 

Beading, Penn., 3o. 

Bed HUl, N.H., 24, 98. 

Benova Springs, Penn., ifa. 

" Rhode Island " (Steamer), 142. 

■Riflitield Sminffs, N.Y., 123. 

Richmond -Fredm-icksburg, and Potomac 

Raihoad, 72. 
Roaring Creek, Penn., a. 
Rockbrid-ie xVhini Springs, \ a 
Rockbridge Baths, Va., 104. 
Rockport, Mass., 165. 
Rocky Point, ll.l., 32 
RoUingsford, N.H., 28. 
Rye Blach, N H., 32. 144. 
Saco, Me., 29, 78. 
Saco Pool, 29. 
Sagnenay River, ICo. 
.Sanbornton Bridge, N.li., Jo. 
Samlfolxrs Indeifendent Line Steamers, 11. 
Sandwich JNIountains, N.H., — 
Sandwich, N.U., 26. 
Salem and Lowell Raihoad, L. 
Salem, Mass., 54. 

Salmon Falls, N.H., 28. 

Saratoga Spiings, N.V ., h']- 

Scarborough Beach, ISIe., .^1 

Scranton, Penn., 3o, o3. 

Schuvlcr s Lake, N.\., 12... 

Sea View House, Ma^w., 16.). 

Seneca Falls, N.Y., 69. 

Seneca Lake, N.Y., 88. 

Senter House, N.H.. 24. 

Shamokin, Penn , 7o. 

Sharon Springs, N.V ■,y'^, '}!■ 

Shelter Island, N.V.'f^H- „ ,,„ 

Sil ver Cascade, WluteMountau.s, N H., lU. 

Solomon'u Gap, Penn., 51, o^. 

Somerville, Mass., 17. 

South Newmarket, N.H., 19. 

Squam Lake, N.H.. 25. 102. 

Squam River, N.H., 102. 

Star Island. Isles ot Shoals, 154. 

" Star of the East " (steamer), 11. 



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Steamer " Mount -^Vashington," 19. 

Stockton House. Cape May, N.J., 5... 

Stoneham, Mass., 17. 

Stoningtou, Conn., 70. „„ n, 

Stonington Steamboat Line, <0, 141. 

Straw's Point, N.H., 32. 

Summit Hill. Penn.. 44. 

Summit House. Moosilauke Mt , N.H., 107 

Sunbury, Penn., 75. 

Suncook Valley Railroad, 19, 93. 

Suspension Bridge, N.Y., by. 

Susquehanna lUver, 74. 

Swamps.nti. >l:'?s-. 0^- 

Sweet SiMui-^, \ a.. 164. 

Switch-back Railroad, 4L 

Taghkanic FaUs, N.\ , 6o. 

Tamworlh, N.H.. 26. 

Taunton Branch Railroad^ 182. 

Tekaharawa Falls N.l.. lO. 

Thousand I. lands, o4. 

Tilton. N.H., 9-1. 

Tinker's Ishuid, Mass.. b9. 

Trenton Falls, N.Y., 32. 

Troy. Penn , 78. 

'J'nckermaus Ravine. N .H.. 12t. 

Tumble-down-Dick iMountuin, N.H.. -2. 

Twin Mountain House, N.ii., ni- 

Union Bridge, N.Ii., 9.5. 

Union Pacific Raili;<)ad, 68 

Vinevard Haven, Mass.. 168 

Vh-£;iiiia Springs, 164. 

Wakefield, INlass., 17. 

Warren, N.II., 107. 

Warm Springs, ^ a., 164. 

AVashington, D.C., 11. a. 

Waslungion's Itock. N . J ., 3D. 

Watch Hill Point, R.I., 124. 

Watkhis Glen, N.\ ., 3o, 8l-a». 

W^aukawan Lake, N.H., 102. 

Waumbec House, N.H., 112. 

Weir's Lamling, N.H., -f-- 

Wells Beach, Pile., 28, lO. 

Wells River, Vt., 109. 

West Amesbuiy, Mass., IJ. 

West Canada Creek, N.Y., 32. 

West Jersey Railroad, 5o. 

West Ossipee, N.IL, 26. 

Western Travel, 66.^ 

White Mountains, N.ll., iJ. 

White Mountain ^otch, 119. 

Whitefield. N.H., 111- 

W'ilkes Bane, Penn., 35. , . ^ ,,,, 

Willey Notch, White Mountains. 119. 

Williamsport, Penn.. 35, 47, 76. 

Wilmington and Baltiniore Railroad, .2. 

Wilmington .Junction, Mass., i<. 

Wing Branch Raih'oad Ul. 

Winnesquam House, N.H., Jo. 

Winnesquam Lake, 95. 

Winnipesaukee Lake, i<M., iJ, JO. 

Winnipesaukee River, 95. 

Wissahickon River, Philadelphia, 128. 

Wolfboro, N.H., 21, 100. 

Wollboro Branch Railroad, 21. 

Woods Hole, Mass., lOi, 181. 

Woodstock, N.H., 106. 

Woodsville, N.H., 109. 

Worcester and Nashua Railroad 91. 

Wrightsville Branch Railroad, .3. 

Wyoming Valley Hotel, Penn., 5o. 

Yellow Sulphur Spnngs, \a., 164. 

York Beach, Me., 124. 

York, Peim., 73. , ^ ., , ,.„ 

York, Penn. Branch Railroad, 1..3. 

York Springs, Penn.. 54. 



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